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Big Sur’s extreme topography,
denuded by summer wildfire,
melts, slides downhill to ocean
after winter monsoon.

Let yourself go to erase lust’s sin,
while embracing its beauty

Inky the octopus noticed
when his keeper left
the tank lid ajar.
He swam over, lifted it,
slid down to the floor

I sit here with all the missing jigsaw pieces
from your life’s pages

Empathy changes possibilities
and is our best reason for living and loving.

my bag of brittle bones and bulging discs
may have ahead of it a long time to support me.

The black-feathered bastards,
lazing on swaying tree tops,
cackled with laughter
at my winter-white legs,

When I practiced and taught medicine at Stanford Hospital sometimes other doctors or trainees would ask me to go to a patient’s room to offer my opinion about what to do or what’s actually going on. Continuing that as a CEO was...

In odorous pools, reflecting
More than any other scene
The world grown more lovely,
Pure like dead children.

The Plantation house still stands,
old and broken, the flowers misunderstand.
They once lined its walk, to create
conversations upon the porch, to debate.