Rambling round
this puzzling town
with a smile
1.
The 51A
Rectified rectory
an idyllic day school
on a Summer day
Someone passing
on a bus
sends you his blessings,
children
Then it's the grime
the nitty gritty
of Auto Row
The old showrooms
white-washed, postered
and tagged
Auto Row Smog
is the venerable
business on the right
A extravagantly
narcissistic mode
always a sordid affair
Downtown
A family fair
with bulbous
amusements
2.
The 18
Soon the entire
urban street map
will be covered in bad taste
lurid Zap comix murals
So be it,
the fall of Rome
A distinguished gentlemen
boards and sits in front
Beautiful uptown Oakland
a vortex of sorts
Downtown again
In Sunday suspension
Reverend
may God bless us
all
Oakland's Big Ben
looking a tad faded
like newsprint in the sun
Well, well,
they are finally moving
on this vacant lot
The bogus "building planned"
sign is gone
It's a segregated al fresco
lunch area now
They even removed
the crappy fool-the-eye
cladding off the first floor
Oakland spruces up
Think how nice it would be
if the city didn't have to pay
enormous settlements for police
wrong-doing,
then their promotions
and generous
early-retirement pensions
TRUST HIM?
The guy had a rather
guilty look on his face
a perfect theatrical tableau
in communicating its message
Her look of suspicion
that's he's dogging around
on the down low
test
Of course at this point
he knows I'm taking his photo
He senses by my warm smile
that I dig him
August 2017
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