Multi-culty butterfly
in the Irish Mexican
African American
side of town
Home to La Pena
and the radically
rocking Irish pub
The Starry Plough
Radical America unite
before the Fascists
get their way
La Pena's over the top
3-D mural
depicting you know
the struggle
I co-curated and contributed to
an exhibition
of art and graphics
with Paul Buhl in 1983
which I laboriously
hung single handed
at La Pena
Faraway radicals laughed
when I crabbed that I found
a splash of frijoles
on one work
Stage door on the sidewalk
to the world-famous
Starry Plough
Many well-known rock
and some folky acts
have played here
in its long years
I lived on nearby Woolsey
and still regret that
I passed on a suggestion
to see "Tim Buckley's son"
when he played the joint
Saw two shows
UC Berkeley outdoor free show
and Great American in SF
where I was all-access
Breaks my heart
to remember him
and met him
the following year
I'll be OK
after Saint Patrick's
Guinness and Jameson
boiler-maker
Slainte
February 2018
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