A Days Haiku

styles ~~~

inevitably ever changing

clothes are clothes regardless

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muggy ~~~

humidity is sweat 😓 

cool spring breeze

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rabbit 🐇 hole ~~~

down we go

grab back the presence 

torture ~~~

indescribable and unbearable 

train hard in present 

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torture ~~~

indescribable and unbearable 

the mind endures

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torture ~~~

indescribable and unbearable 

hope is the true path

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popcorn 🍿 ~~~

scrumptiously good 😊 

guilt free stuff

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change ~~~

most challenging challenge 😥 

climbing mountains ⛰ 

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karate 🥋 ~~~

pier post squat stance

let the fish bite 🎣 

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rhythm 🎶 ~~~

slow deliberate

meditative movement mind body

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cadence 🎵 🎶 ~~~

deliberate movement

summer tai chi chuan class

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breathing 😮‍💨 ~~~

deep slow diaphragmatic 

slow in slow out chi gong

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darkness ~~~

thoughts 💭 so dark

it sucks the light from all things

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hermit ~~~

seeking isolation

to become charged for solitary life

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nomadic ~~~

positive isolation 

to maintain sanity

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presence ~~~

not

devastation

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time ~~~

it’s a tickin 

all but a tock away

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brotherhood ~~~

members benefit

none is a lonely 😩 one

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Marine ~~~

honor, duty and country

Marines, the system

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compliance ~~~

influence principled 

knowingly and unknowingly persuaded 

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compliance ~~~

influence principled 

buyer beware

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Guest:

interstellar travel 

fantasy vacation 

only stars aboard

         —- epc 1956

the brotherhood ~~~

loyalty beyond

others ability to comprehend 

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vaccinated ~~~

with pride

we ride the needle 💉 

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event horizon ~~~

point of no return

the final journey 

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sanitize 

your soul ~~~

can’t unsee what you see

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team leader ~~~

nothing more or less

unfair

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mustanger ~~~

worked in the trenches

to take the lead

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games ~~~

that people play

rummikub 

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night time ~~~

potty time

go the entire night

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self-defense ~~~

you think you know

it’s what you don’t know

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self-defense ~~~

don’t know don’t know

unknown unknown ⚠️ ⛔️ 

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unk-unk ~~~

don’t know

what you don’t know

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moving ~~~

motion of tree leaves

from the breathe of nature

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silence ~~~

golden ticket 🎫 

let others do it all

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talk ~~~

necessary yet overrated 

excuse to avoid action

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patience & time ~~~

most powerful warriors 

slow is smooth, smooth is fast 

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magical ~~~

thinking consistent

with biases and dissonance 

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cha ~~~

ceremonial to

peace tranquility and harmony

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sensory ~~~

innate ability 

to sense the insensible 

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improvements ~~~

path to enlightened living 

movement to pass seasons

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bobbin robins ~~~

foodies 

blueberry season

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mission ~~~

all in all the time

priority one ☝️ 

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rainy days 🌧 ~~~

clears way for blue skies 🌌 

the flowers 🌸 bloom

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flowers 🌺 ~~~

paints the landscaping 

sneezing 🤧 

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tides ~~~

ocean breezes 

caressing rocky shores

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origins ~~~

primordial ooze 

great oak tree 🌳 

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splat ~~~

spread your wings

the oak seed germinates 

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two peas ~~~

in a pod

not identical twins

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