I roam this land
guitar in hand
making me home
wherever I land

free of must haves
must says and dos
I live my life

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the morning after
no need for pills
sun smile, ocean breathe
wash away all ills

fresh brewed adventures
foretells every drip
give in to this

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six years or more
the same coat I wore
my company, it was
it’s loving care, I chose

May twenty-fifth, today
coat was pulled away

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her tiny hand
anchored around
my trusting finger
thrusts me forth
through life’s oceans

in my care
my rose pink cargo
will softly sail
till

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I wiped my tears
with the coarse cuff
of the torn shirt
showing bruises
brought on me
by the man
who fears me
–Shawn S.

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acid, pot, valium
sense of high, delirium
come no where close
to this…

hint of opera in what I hear
Gucci and Versace, what they

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Eastern seaboard sees the sun
while Western seaboard, we dream

while Cuban Miami sets salsa to motion
and rugged Maine picks lobster from ocean

we,

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in my war with my belly
I’m at a standstill

spinning weights
‘cross elliptical trajectory
while food-boarding enemy
per Atkins and South Beach
torture manuals

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Oh Mississippi
how I crave
riding your crust
from northern cold
to southern creole

Oh Mississippi
how your mighty
lethargic bloat
bursts barriers
of our

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is there a bus where
blacks, whites
reds, yellows
the rainbow is accepted?

is there a place where
compassion, acceptance
tolerance, love
humanity is greeted?

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