When will it be Christmas on Earth?
The first week in Advent
a profound memory
being blessed
Uptown
the old I Magnin building
I'm old enough to remember
busy Xmas shopping here and
at Emporium across the street
Paramount theater
in the ideal sunlight
of December
Sheila E is going to perform
the entirety of Joanna Newsom's "Y's"
but apparently not until next year
maybe he ran out of 7
Old Glory is looking
a little limpid
lately
But two angels
lead me on past
the religious gift shop
Christ
the tree of life
let's join his cause
Advent wreath
until He cometh
with clouds
Meet me Jesus meet me
meet me in the middle of the air
I will know my Savior
when I come to Him
when I come to Him
By the marks where
the nails have been
The greatest story ever told
Is still infolding
After there are
no more books
in circulation
The Advent candles
set before
the majestic image
of the Messiah
I think the Mexican-American parishoners
demanded some tradition
The modernistic metal statue
of the Madonna here
seems to have few real fans
The beauty of a time-honored icon
Wade in the water
and be baptized
the estuary awaits
with or without you
God's going to
trouble the skies
trouble the waters
In the font of holy water
I am baptized again
Out through the sepulchral
basement passage
Traditional décor prevails
in this more secular hallway
Mascot for all the security guards
more of them than the faithful today
2.
The Oaks of Oakland
Frugging madly
The old oak tree
cork-screwed
into the sky
And look who's there
A charming squirrel
an old old friend
Sunning
his bushy red tail
We are deep in an
Antifa Zone
you'll be glad to know
3.
Black crows are massing
over Lakeside Park
Tippi and Alfred
Sitting in a tree
K-i-s-s
I-n-g
Incredible number of birds
only hinted at here
A frenetic murder of crows
First they'll take
Lake Merritt
Then they'll take.
Oakland
Augering good or augering ill
The crows are without doubt
a portent
4 December 2017
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