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Tropical Meditation
Sitting in the shade under the tree
Looking at the waves as they rise and fall
The sea roars like an angry breeze
As I wait in vain for life to call.
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Sucking the juice from a ripe yellow mango
My cheeks all sticky as it stains my skin
Yet still I hunger and thirst for more
As I wait in vain for life to begin.
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Dancing in the street as calypso plays
And alcohol corrupts my very soul,
To the driving bass my body sways
As I wait for life to take control.
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The sun beats down on my bronze face
As the child and the man engage in battle
For the right to rule this aging embryo
As the water boils in this dormant kettle.
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So I sit on a raft made of wood
As it floats above this crystal pond
The fish gaze up to see a man
Who’s waiting in vain for life to come.
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Through the cane fields of life I now roam
I guess I’m living ’cause I’m alive
Life beckons me forth through this muddle
To taste the sugar and not just survive.
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