Last year Christmas came to Jack London Square.
By objective chance the Flaneur was there.
1.
My first day with my new digital camera
I bought a memory card in Fisherman's wharf,
Picked up my tool and started banging,
Right out of the park
Came in for a cheerful landing
Back at the Oakland marina
What's this, what's this?
While I wasn't looking
An impressive tree arrived,
Lovers were moved to display
Bedazzling
A group of Christmas carolers showed up,
I listened and sang along
To the Yuletide cheer
December 2013
2.
In the sobering daylight
There's still plenty of magic there,
Passersby vocalize delight
The Potomac
Roosevelt's presidential yacht,
Festooned with wreath and Christmas tree
A salute to the Flag,
And to the Faith of our Fathers,
Were it not for the patriarchy,
Were it not for the patriarchy,
We'd still be living in mud huts
Postscript
January rolled around as usual,
Down went the branches one by one,
Only a poodle-tail tip left
'Twas ever thus
Until this month of December,
The eternal verities
The perennial return
2014
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