Almost As Happy

Troy Camplin
Nov 4 · 1 min read

The sun, the light, Brazilian warmth, the sand
To softly surging sea, a hotel room
With wife and children there and no demand
Beyond the conference where I assume

My place among the experts who are there
To speak on economic liberty.
I get to listen and I get to share
Ideas and truth and possibility.

I spend my evenings with my children, wife -
Brazilian beef and deep-fried yucca roots
For dinner, music twists the air, a…

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Troy Camplin

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I am the author of “Diaphysics” and “Hear the Screams of the Butterfly,” and a consultant, poet, playwright, and interdisciplinary scholar.

Thyme and Time Again

The Poetry of Troy Camplin

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