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What dreams I once had.
To wake and find a world in reverse.
The dream as reality,
The place I return as shallow as an image.
No thinner skin than that of a projection.
That wild beast may settle to Man.
A cry or call a mute.
To shout is to call to the hunted.
They shall see me crossed.
Or banish for a while.
Like father like son,
The life of an exile.

v the loons cried eerie







At first it was familiar.
Excitement spoke all around.
Eventually subsiding to survival.

Hide in the sun,
A smile to meet the crowd.
My heart lie silence somewhere else.
In the warmth where spirits speak.
Far from this silence,
Diversions and paradox.

The ground lay rock,
Hard for seed to sprout,
Let alone, this soul far from home.








For far and distant,
Gather love and joy here.
A stranger with no home,
He comes and he goes.

A wind as sturdy,
Strong for now but never stay.
For waves to sway,
They travel long and far.

Here for now,
Never to last.
Like a fart in the wind,
That smiling ass.

...where do we go from here? oh! crumb bums here comes trouble where the giants rise from the sea pom pom pom







A cabin in the woods,
The boys in men play and taunt.
For creaky sounds hidden by laughter.

Full moon glow with trees hugging mist.
My eyes are wide and open,
Yet I wonder if I sleep.
Sublime the feeling.

Acid rain spit a shower.
Not gray to fade the songs of joy.
For we have each other,
And our company is solid.

For men who kept their youth,
No bettah place...
A cabin in the woods.

yee merry men uahi free and liberating embrace






Throws an anchor hoe,
Digs deep and grow.
It is firm so it shall stay,
Here comes the wind,
So we sway and sway.

The captain shouts,
“She’s fair enough”.
So there we were,
The soft and the rough.

Aye,
A grease monkey so small he’s good.
A wild animal, he wish he were.

Into the ocean without a fuss or a stir.
Good times always following,
Smiles always like dolphin.


Without you, there is nothing.

Mahalo Nui

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Alex, Andria, Ben V. and Zannie, Britt, Cal and Mel,
Bruce and Claudette, Denn and Sum, Eva, Jamie,
Jen and Luke, Laila and Jacquie (and Ralph), Landen,
Lindsay, Mark, Michèle, Michelle, Mo'okiha,
Natasha, Nathan, and Sheenah.

Featuring

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Ben P. and Grace, Britt, Bristol, Caitlin,
Chantel, Daiva and Graham,
Darren, faye,
Godfrey, Heather and Mark, James, Jamie
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