Vienna woods edge on aged communities
stocked with every end-of-life demise
hostel and hospice
still, there’s tapfelspitz
at the local bierkeller
bent on re-affirming life
away from the center
Into the Light
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Avalon Gloss
… I get misty, not holding your hand
rambling in Oxford
Rush
Anjali is very competitive
chafes at second placing
i pretend she’s the reason
i’m pumping my paddle
past mid-life muscle ache
but i fear the photo gives my fight away
Ubud
When Sheila visited in 1984
Spirits and dark dogs spooked
She’d bring a torch for when the power outed
We don’t need the torches these days
The dogs feed off tourist scraps
But I’m still laying no bets against resident deities
Translation
the grime comes mixed in with smiles, sunlight and welcome
the indigent on the mattress round the corner from microcenter swank
i suppress the horror stories from middle american well-meaners
yet clutch my satchel closer strolling into San Telmo
wonder if i should regret having no reception for the two young men
who call out as i pass
Ushuaia
in Ushuaia, the spare inhabitants take morning air
strolling to their aerodrome and back
I took the Polar Plunge
Cliche
the thing about the cliche
it’s been said before
often said better
occasionally worse
overdone
trite
but
left unsaid
is like betrayal
in Mikkelson bay
the chocolate is hot
and salted with farewell
Mutual Admiration?
we humans love our penguins, it’s not doubted
when oohs and aahs are polled and tabulated
gentoo, chinstrap or adelie
triumph over gull, tern, shag (the bird, and maybe the activity)
how chuffed we are to learn
(from steve)
our feelings aren’t unrequited
gentoos, it appear, love back the human presence
liking to nest where people have peopled
choosing this old Argentine search and rescue shack
as the site for their conquest
a penguin outhouse?
an ice-boat?
Turnaround
Captain Oliver broke the news last night
unfriendly winds and currents gather in the drake
wait upon explorer’s parting wake
it’s time, too soon, for turn-abouting
home a-heading, ceding our southing
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