jan hansen

war on children
The ocean is calm and blue today
Barefoot among crushed building
The children play with a ball found
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Christmas shopping
Less and less, I like being near people
The café was full of people talking about
How expensive everything is
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day twenty-six

Today is the day after people are tired
And the toilets on the first floor of the building
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Not Happy

This morning on a site. we saw the hotel where
Hemingway stayed to write an important book
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The glory of vanity

This Saturday started well
I did my exercise, two toasts and coffee
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White horses

 The beach was very long for miles, as far as
The eye could see, but now winter cold.
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at the doctor's

There are days when I feel bereft the people I knew
are all dead and no one is coming to take their place
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Swan Lake and Mars


I saw the old ballet dance
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Failed marriage

In my village in the Algarve, I met a retired
Captain in the US Army, he had a military walk
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The morning

Wake me up at six, I have an appointment 
with a doctor at nine
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The beginning

On his space-ship had traveled far to
a place where no big bang had happened
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I never met him
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The Ghost

I tend to wake up at three in the morning
So, I woke up in an cold bedroom we can't afford
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homecoming

I was back in my village 
had a plastic bag in my hand
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A January Sunday

It is forenoon with showers of rain
Houses try to huddle together for warmth
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A great Day
This morning, although Monday has a jubilant
Feel, the wind is light, the winter sun warms
The balcony, as seen sitting inside looking out
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The Burden

He is so wealthy perhaps the richest man
In the world, he enjoyed his lucre and sired
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Random Journey (written 2016)
Is the inception of a voyage the end of an abstract nothingness
and beginnings of conscious life, like driving to town and buying the papers
I remember a song: "Set Sail at the Sunset", I can hum the rest, but have
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A regular day

We read, with amusement, that Facebook is set free
Mark, our erstwhile friend, has seen the light
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gripe about lunch

After, a lunch with chicken slices warmed, but not fried golden brown
I ask, what am I doing here among people who eat for the reason of eating
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