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POEM 1


Scattered across the hillside
Horses grazing
Dawn arising

Ancient DC3 lumbers
across cloudless sky
Magenta hillsides

Ocean kissing sky
dying waves kiss
sugar beach

Morning in the country.



POEM 2


North Wind
memories blowing
deep into my sleep
Where are you?


JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE


(A small Shark story)



There's a shark inside the reef. We're sitting here at mile 20, dressed to dive, and there's a shark. Not a very big one, only five or six feet, but hey - Mama is on the other side of the reef and she looks like about twelve to fifteen feet.
"So wot you think girl?" I already know that she's with me 110%. If I go in the ocean, she goes in the ocean.
"Wooooouph" she sings in her one year old Rottweiler voice.
"Maybe We'll just sit here in the shade and wait till the tide goes down" I tell her - patting her head.
"Wufufuf" she agrees and goes to the shade to lie down.
I get the lounge chair out of the MG boot and put water down for Anu and Nani "the dancer". Nani stays and guards the car.

So we're here under several Lauhala trees. They don't keep the wind off but offer nice deep shade. Very important to tropical dwellers, shade and the right sun screen.

If the clouds continue to move in, it'll be too dark. I'm real fussy. No sunshine - no diving. That's an alien environment out there and I want every advantage I can get.

I'm still sitting in the same place an hour later and haven't seen hide nor fin of either off-shore visitor. The wind has picked up and the clouds are now scudding across and breaking up. That's good news because the tide has dropped enought for me to really want in.

"OK girl, you ready for go?" I get up and walk over to the MG. Opening the boot I retrieve my gear and once again dress - wet suit, knife, bag, gloves, mask/snorkel, fins. I'll stay inside the reef today. Check out what was so compelling to draw a shark across this very shallow reef.

The water is gin clear as we paddle out to the reef. No unexpected encounters so far. My girl is right next to me and when I stop, she swims over and places her front paws on my shoulders.

"We'll go back in soon" I tell her. She's much happier on the beach but won't let me in the water without her. Talk about a watch dog. Pretty special puppy I'm thinking.

We're out to the edge of the reef now and the tide is dropping even lower. It's easy to get caught in the surge out here. Down one of the sandy channels I see a large body moving out toward open water. This may be our shark, or probably just a large Jack Cravelle or Kala, it's too far away and too fast to tell. Still I'm pretty chicken so I start back toward shore - a half mile away.

We're back on the beach - no encounters marred our swim in. In fact, it was pretty wonderful. I found a gold band ring sitting on a rock in about three feet of water. It's on my hand and a very nice addition too. Another day in paradise is winding down as we pack up and head home. We'll be back.


ALL SYSTEMS GO

For the Great Day of God

Chapter 1

1995. South Point, Hawaii Island, State of Hawaii, USA
The space port is proceeding on schedule. All the modules for the space station, Moon base and Mars colony are already stockpiled on site, or at the builders' yards. By the year 2000, the launches will commence. Less than a million people will go.
By the year 2019, Mars will be colonized and the space port no longer needed. At that time, after adding the biological agent, the orbiting satelite defense systems will be blown up around the planet. The sky will turn green and the entire human population will be eliminated.
Mercy is the word used at this point in the narrative. It will be a quick and fairly painless end. The rest of the biosphere won't be harmed. Perhaps in a couple hundred years or maybe as little as 50, the planet can once again be utilized, after it recovers from it's near death due to overpopulation.

Chapter 2


There is no chapter 2 for humanity. Those who return will no longer be human.