i retreated from Brooklyn’s America
retreated from Taiwan’s Taipei
retreat from the Han River Freeway new
recoil to the last unobscured mountain view
call it passive aggressiveness
this holding back of emotion
or one more chance to get it right
before it starts a fight
give up romantic goings on
give up carbohydrates and wine
but give up smoking and drinking booze
gonna buy myself a pair of shoes
leave the toys for the rich boys
the ones that laugh behind my back
a man has more than poverty
losing envy has set me free
feeling like the bumpers in pinball
lighting up all the lights
flipping to save another play
an eye on the ball that ricochets
what gives my life a meaning
unloading treasures saved
grass smells sweeter after a trim
move it away from the brim
give it away before it is taken
but not to the monk that takes
none to the freeloader’s waste
only for a little red hen’s taste
June 24, 2018
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