Best Santa Cruz Poems

Early mission's ruin makes chaff.
Former pride's diminished by half.
Seen now old destruction's no laugh.
Glory's faded.
Rogues were ruled not by an oak staff.
Prudence jaded....

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Santa Cruz

it was deep and blue-green and you could 
see the sandy bottom where mako sharks circled
the boat, waiting for scraps, a habit they'd 
learnt from the tour boats 

that's when I heard the sound I hadn't heard 
anytime before, a rasping blow of air,stifled
by...

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It's so fun to play eachothers 
lives
write it down
come get inside
on these Giant Carnival Rides
It was a Giant Good One
And it's written all over your 
face

I was just looking for this pencil
when i was thinking of you.
It's all in your brain Big Dummy
Don't let it...

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A big-time gambler in Santa Cruz
told his wife:  Hey—what’s there to lose?
But she filed for divorce
when he picked the wrong horse
Now he’s left with an old pair of shoes.

2/6/22...

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