Incipient Autumn

1. 

Berkeley by Day

 No Mea Culpas

Grotesqueries shall unfold,

I saw a vampire/I saw a ghost

And everybody scared me

Berkeley rents and traffic

Scared me the most

Signs of lost times,

The Flaneur shopped here when it was still a five-and-dime,

Vintage die-cut Hallowe'en placards

 2.

Oakland by Night

 Glass doors open into darkness

 Shakespeare he's in the alley,

Recusant Catholic poets unite

Leaf shadows waver

on the elaborated abode,
 My dual citizenship

23 September 2014