Saturday, May 28, 2016

Drive-by 18





Through the stout heart of Oakland
via Martin Luther King, Jr Way


1.
Coming Home

 



Some man's castle
 protecting fence and dog
Next a moat




A palimpsest of graffiti



A gloomy gloaming in Spring




A ghost town welcome




Greyhound Bus Station where
Allen Ginsberg worked in the 1950s,
"Baggage Room at Greyhound" was
 included in HOWL & Other Poems


Today it's an environment
of total surveillance,
Cameras, microphones,
gunshot detectors




Cannabis helps everyone
Grin and bear it



 2.
You're running
You're running
You're running Away



Interesting looking lady
wonder if she's African






 We're waiting for buses
at the transit hub



 Her cowl holds her smart tablet
no hands needed




Here's my ride
the #18 bus


Another colorful lady
gets on board




 She twigged
I was taking a shot but
doesn't seem to mind





Automobiles
uber alles




Unusual puddles
We had a flash shower
this April morning



Semi-liberated zone



Marcus Books
Black struggle
specialists




Near MacArthur BART station
Human storage units
renting soon








Advertisement for The Jungle Book
on the side of the bus


April 2016

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