It’s been 6 hours now
\nno electric
\nso calm
\nalmost like things were meant to be
\nno internet noise
\nno TV selling me stuff
\njust the vultures overhead
\nkeepin’ watch
\nand the always wind
\na pleasant roar
\nup my unders
\nas I sit here in the hammock.<\/p>\n
Reminds me of when
\nI was a kid
\nnewspaper in hand
\ncleaning the kerosene lamps
\none by one
\nwhile dreaming of African adventures
\nor building a battery powered radio
\nof my own.<\/p>\n
Almost heaven. Almost.
\nOr the garden of Eden
\nexcept
\nI’ve got mangoes here
\nno apples
\nand no worries
\nof a god
\nI’ve arm wrestled to death long ago
\nmany drunken nights ago.<\/p>\n
Time for a warm beer.
\nThey aren’t so bad
\nsaid my beloved Hrabal
\nrubbing his bald head
\nyears ago in some other paradise.
\nNot so bad.
\nBetter a warm beer than
\na cold German woman.<\/p>\n
My beer is gone.
\nSo too heaven.
\nThe hydro’s back on.
\nThe man has got his act together
\nand in the kitchen
\nmurder is taking place
\nas the blender roars.<\/p>\n
Damn.
\nI wish some people
\nhad a plug I could pull out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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