survival

i am noticing a hesitation
in returning to the streets

i have decided to see if i can overstay my welcome
with kind middle class family

enter hobo status officially

i see stresses in both arenas
the middle class are as stressed as the poor

in some ways more
they do not have the succor

of direct experience
with life's elements

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this sad dog and pony show
will hit the road again

soon
i am due in burque the 19th

have my overseas' bro-in-law's car
to sell in san diego

am tempted to stay around here
until the harvest work comes through

but more tempted to just head north
and see how far i can get

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it's all survival
we are no different than the animals around us

except in our longing for the nonviolence
which is also our nature

yet we have somehow forgotten
and i will tell you of such things

for life in balance
is 5% mating/meaning/birth and wonder

5% survival/struggle/death and horror
and 90% travel

in search of a good meal
with adventurous byproducts

the epiphenomena of the now