Yuletude Beat

Noel Noel

A tree of light

Join Yuletide Beatnik Le Flaneur

 for a small world-wind tour

of his favored stomping grounds

attuned to optical effects

of Solstice time

Oakland had a blue blue blue Xmas

the Christmas blues in fact

the deadliest fire in its history

An unsafe warehouse space

used for a music event

From A to B

Alameda to Berkeley

December sky

an all pervading poignancy

as if the universe could combust

into eternity,

remains stable for the moment

Old school forever

OMG

 Shadenfreude

Anachronism of Anglophilia

A lingering pretention

Lose the Castro street mustache

and the ruffles

if you want any company, pal

This here's an all-American town

Marilyn in a Santa Claus nightie,

none of this Adam and Steve stuff

We let a girl know

when we're interested

and what we're interested in

We grab life

by the per se

And when girls are scarce

A traditional holiday

wank fest

Lakeside Oakland

Mother of Sorrows

pray for us

Across the way there was a

candlelight vigil

for those who died in the fire

and those who grieve for them

The mystical oaks

why it's called Oakland

Fairyland

Saw a splendid animal

and I looked around and I noticed

there wasn't a zoo

College Avenue

Rockridge to Berkeley

Had a superb Thanksgiving meal here

again this year

nice vibe healthy victuals

Forget what tie

you wear

In America

you are what you drive

The splendors

of College Avenue

Large polychrome Santa Claus

by Jeff Koons, I think

First Nation Santa

a syncretic fertility figure

Sidewalks are a winter wonderland

even without la neige

Elves brings delight

to the young

and the old

New Goddess shrine

downtown Berkeley

Wow

More light!

Mountain View cemetery

Winter Solstice

Sundown

so early on the Solstice

the sun so far South

December 2016