florida

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jupiter dune tracks,
lead out into ocean tides,
june's gentle blanket
(10-08)





old town sanibel -
on the fourth, they want th'real thing
and t'relax, finally
(2-14)




arrive at key west
to summer sunset dock dreamers -
kiss the earth, grateful
(~05)






anna maria's
wide, empty beach - got used to
calm august tempo
(2-14)

dockside at sunset,

their eyes meet - even keywest

has a hunter's moon

(11-14)

gators' line held up -
three steaks and ten beers later,
thinks he's entitled
(1-13)

yom kippur - west palm

widow, sorry she brought him,

sad he had to leave

(11-14)

souls' day in boca -

in rhinestones and high heels,

got four clubs in mind
(11-14)

old ybor city,
trolley to cuban kitchen -
turkey, flan 'n' cigar
(6-08)

jax traffic nightmare,

black friday at th'malls - th'old man

heads back t'saint aug'stine 
(11-14)

in disney line, kids

watch santa whisper t'mickey -

personnel issue

(11-14)

got friends in boca -
it's a good place to thaw out
when champagne goes flat
(9-05)

wakes up in boca –

silk sheets, but she’s hid th’champagne,

th’husband rings th’buzzer
(5-15)

vengeful and violent –

waves crash on south beach, b’yond th’porch,

he turns on th’rose bowl
(5-15) 

new years, south fed’ral –

she’s got money, th’bad marriage,

he’s got th’pack ‘n’ th’fiddle

(5-15)

new year - what's left of
three bottles, and the same curb
hemingway sat on
(1-13)





glove rubs rounded glass,
she swears she'll never forget
the launch on this beach
(1-13)





homestead motor home,
new york blizzard on its screen -
no guilt or regret
(2-14)





maine to chile, but
luck, time stop in miami
for epiphany storm
(1-13)






la-dee-dah's nightlife,
a spring break destination,
weary bum's tangent
(9-08)





jupiter beach dunes -
starry march night reaches wide,
pulls gray ocean tides
(9-05)






thirty-a traffic -
spring break, whole world comes t'visit,
sits out on th'highway
(2-14)






cards in jupiter -
cigars, flask, hoops brackets, and
jacket just in case
(3-10)





the girl, from jersey
to sea world this march - dolphin
looks her in the eye
(1-13)





up t'ten from the keys,
ready for the long hitch to th'coast - 
dawn with st. johns frogs
(2-14)





dominic'n easter -
she explains through tears why she's
still on concourse f
(1-13)





builder frames his house,
tampa reaches to marshes -
scrub jay moves her nest
(4-10)

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