Building a library of rare books, a lionine calling
With some wear and foxing to frontispiece
Whenever there's a soft parade, the Flaneur notes the floats,
1.
One afternoon on the other side
Scuba shop with style
You hit this place before going on an underwater caper
Like a sixties undercover cop movie
May the past be with you,
The land of kookie kitsch,
Where everything was sort of cool
Remember swinging?
Me neither
Music From Another World,
A space age classic,
Remember to flip it over
Here comes the Coast Guard again
Not some sentimental nostalgia,
This ain't McHales Navy Operation Petticoat
Just serious business,
Homeland Security
December 2014
2.
So Early in the Year
In January in Northern California
You can lie in green grass
In winter the water is preternaturally calm,
Low tide is like the Bay went away
Peaceful afternoon on the submarine walkway
Over the sun's pathway
On rolling lawns by the beach
Old-time design on Santa Clara
California dream house across from the bank
The Flaneur loves a mansarde
This reminds me of all the winter sunsets
Watched from an attic window in my family home
The bank itself,
Its design incorporates the street name,
Remnant of dignified times
No mystery to this dormant pole
The barber closed his business
The Guitar Army on parade,
Jim Morrison lived in Alameda as a youth
I once went to a record shop along here
For an exhibition of Jim's high school age artwork,
Needless to say, it was a bit sick
Time for me to bounce on along
On my wheels of steel,
We wave goodbye Main Street USA
January 2015
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