Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Random Observations of My Oakland


 Syncretism and superstition
Envelope the Last Supper




The Flaneur looks up from his navel to contemplate
his astounding immediate surroundings






 Everything for every need and  pleasure







 Not that the Flaneur rides again,
  necessarily
But hell, why not?







 One big Pop Culture Party,
That's all it is these days











 Not very far away
A slow motion peoples movement
Amid incessant traffic







A community garden
Sign in for marvelous fresh greens






 BART train enters the picture
Highway over the hood






Kontinue the Dream
A spray-painted graffiti-esque mural
The joy of reading and gratuitous misspelling






 Climb every mountain, everybody






 For I have been to the mountain







 I have had the whole scenic tour, baby




 From the cop boats and presidential yachts
 of the estuary





To Patriotism, hollow historicity
Police-laden pomp and circumstance







Until the last soul has been shipped
From the offices of the Public defenders









From which I make my get away,
Fear of Music 










 

Time to pull up my chair
by the curtainless window of night











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