Quiet Weekend Nice Weather

Saturday and Sunday came and went

rather enjoyably

1.

Saturday

Berkeley

Tim Fuller

Slack key guitar master 

a Hawaiian sublime

 

STAR WARS museum 

to return to California 

to commandeer Treasure Island

Oh boy

 

It's only class warfare

when the low-income 

defend themselves 

from capitalist depredation

 I sail away 

when I get a chance

3.

Sunday 

Oakland

Actually my day began 

with a BART run to Berkeley

My coffee-bean grinder broke-down

I took my beans to the supermarket to grind

 came back home for coffee

Lazed around listening to Pig in a Pen

a bluegrass radio show in honor 

of Ralph Stanley who just passed on

Made dinner, had a nap

Then headed back out

to see what I could see

At solstice time

the light is  lovely

after supper

 Meat packers

should see the light

 

If they have but eyes to see

 Graffitti of light

on an old brick wall

I'm in a fugue 

of late sunshine

The natural world abides

Everything is transformed

by the revolving seasons

the ever-changing light

its spendid reflections

Foreboding entropy

The universe winding down

The Sea-Wolf

Oakland's venerable rescue boat

named for Jack London's cruel captain

I'm up here now

the observation deck

Only ever so lightly brisk

tonight

Enough so

that the outdoor seats

at the wine bar

have no takers

As the day ebbs away

 

To all ships at sea

come and take

the pleasures of the harbor

 A dazzling world

where the sun goes down again

Walk up Washington,
foot traffic cheerful and thin,
Classical radio and hearts of space
an evening's quietude awaits

25-26 June 2016