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Rod at
Dos Vidas. Photo by Thomas Kist from the 2006 Arjan Vlakveld film “Rod
McKuen: A Man Alone” for Netherlands Public Television. Photo ©2006,
2007 by Stanyan Audio Video Archives. All Rights Reserved.
A Thought for Today
Dreams have taught me to turn my back on nothing that might be something.
FROM the¨BOOKS
THE ADVENTURES OF CLARK KENT
Your body lying easy
in the August day
is not a challenge
but an invitation.
Being lazy too
I leave it to the sun to ravage.
Night -
always more dependable
than sunshine
has a way of coming 'round on time
and I'm a patient man.
Don't think
I haven't noticed
those intrepid hikers
of the summer beach
who in the guise
of Sunshine Superman
live out the tail ends
of their afternoons
behind half closed
Venetian blinds
with what they've staked out
on mid-mornings.
Notice though
the rope I've tied
about your ankle.
No Latin sun
can steal my mistress
for more than
just a single afternoon.
-from "With Love," 1970 & "Seasons in the Sun," 1974
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