Ireland was misty grey music in the pubs book of Kells me at the post office with my boys bus ride through the country Galway cliffs of moher little apartment Finnegan's wake the belle of Belfast misty grey in the water and the sky

                    Aye! Aye! Aye!

It's chaos, this changing world
Chaos for all to feel
My soul within me trembles
Nothing is for real

The Buddhists stay serene
I too meditate
San Francisco Zen
At the Dragon Gate

She's kind, caring, pretty
A diamond in the rough
I'm 54 and falling
At times I've had enough

Gonna sleep, Gonna sleep
Dreaming of the Deep
Exoplanets spin
Aliens to keep?

Awake at 5:41
Lonely cool before dawn
3 dear deer
1 dear fawn

See my son today
Maybe basketball
Californ I A
Maybe Valley Mall

Into San Francisco
Moroccan mint tea
Exploritorium
Science for my 3

Cool grey city of love
Mist along the shore
We sleep in silent peace
4044

                 forgotten lore

I told her I miss her
In that I spoke the truth
Time tick tocks
I fall from my youth

Oranges in California
Moroccan mint tea
Hummus and pita bread
3333

Took the London train
Near the Scottish border
I serve the Secret Flame
No one in my order

I like my green couch
Music, DVDs
If she were on top
Please, baby, please

                  Willow trees

So I don't like the Dalai Lama
But I do like Thich Nhat Hanh
A few days in Copenhagen
A few days in Gamla Stan

My sons like video games
Birthdays coming soon
2 in July
1 in Flaming June

I went to three universities
Walked around a fourth
Republicans are corrupt
Remember Ollie North?

Toured the Vatican once
No desire to go again
Seattle in the snow
3710

                 muy bien.

Edgar Allen Poet
Quaint and curious forgotten lore
Me and Pythagoras
Inner Harbor, Baltimore

I would like to go to Germany
Also Istanbul
Will I die in pain?
Will I feel the pull?

My son and I watch movies
Unwell as I age
Mr. David Markson
I like to turn his page

Life is mostly sadness
The human being is a Mess
She's gentle, caring, kindness
My love I did confess

                   Guess.

So I'm against the Republican party
Its violence and its lies
Sacramento, California
I am one who tries

Coach Brian Katz
Timothy and the Cay
5 paragraph essay
Dawn goes down to day

I've got a monk in me
Got an atheist too
I like St. Bruno
I like Albert Camus

France on my honeymoon
Drank tea outside Chartres
My life is a bit ridiculous
Is it also a work of art?

             When I depart ...