Charles Todd Poems

THEN

Driven to Sahara Desert edge
Blustery day
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Today I was told not to park in Long Term Parking.
To go to Short Term Parking.
Not Daily Parking, that's later.
Just Short Term Parking.
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Recitals
Piano recitals
Ultimate gut-renching
Agony-filled recitals
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Before
Maya ancestors gave us
Concept of zero
Sophisticated 20-based mathematics
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Drinking from a mountain stream, ice-cold water.
Walking through a rain forest.Soft, quiet, damp.
Water in my veins
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In Balinese clothes
Down lane to central area
Whole village there
Musicians playing monotony
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Silence as sail boat cuts through water
Burst of activity when tacking
Slap of water against hull
Set anchor, squall approaching
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The Hug, more comforting than
A warm Spring day.

The Hug wraps her
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"Is this all there is to
look forward to in life? "

At first, only a little question allowed in
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