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Tokyo Blues

Welcome to Japan where an Uber costs two hundred dollars and a can of Spam. Tokyo — all my pockets it exhausts. My plane’s just arrived and I’m in a jam. I turn the spindle and it cuts me — ouch! I miss the lights and the tree and my wife. A limo would have taken half my pouch. I miss her long arms and I miss my life. 12/5/2018

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018


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Funom Makama
Date: 12/7/2018 9:57:00 AM
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Beautiful, beautiful, so beautiful and as always, your pen writes in the language of kings through a naturally flowing ink.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/7/2018 10:01:00 AM
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You are always so uplifting, my friend! Blessings to you and yours!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/6/2018 1:02:00 AM
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My son-in-law went to Japan. He says it is beautiful, but way too expensive. My husband went once, but did not leave the hotel for fear of becoming stranded without a million dollars in his pocket.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/6/2018 6:36:00 AM
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I guess one of my husband’s coworkers had the same thing happen so he is not alone.
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M. L. Kiser
Date: 12/5/2018 7:05:00 AM
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Whew! There's a costly trip...no wonder one is blue.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/5/2018 7:13:00 AM
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Doesn’t help! Hopefully he will get things straightened out!
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Winged Warrior
Date: 12/5/2018 6:57:00 AM
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Ouch!...Tokyo blues...maybe next time go to China lol...enjoyed Kimmy...love & light...^WW^
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/5/2018 7:13:00 AM
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Perhaps...
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Jan Allison
Date: 12/5/2018 6:49:00 AM
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The first stanza made me smile as my son has just come back from Japan but the final stanza is sad :-) hugs Jan xx
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/5/2018 7:13:00 AM
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My husband is in Japan right now

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