Port Saturday

 Art installation, 

Early work by Richard Serra, I think

 The Flaneur locates the extraordinary amid the ordinary

 Industrial landscape, 

de Chirico-like when shadows lengthen at dusk

 The sun flexes its muscles

I must retreat a while into the shade

 Another day at the Port of Oakland,

There's a ship under repair at Bay Ship

Wrapped up like a Christo, 

I planto sail close by it in a few days

 

 The Flaneur fearlessly faces his phantom public

F.y., NSA surveillance state

Vehicular police presence duly noted,

Let's see if I can get closer

 Wow, weird...

 Capote once said,"Take a point off your IQ

for every year that you live in California,"

My rejoinder was, that's OK I have plenty to spare,

It can seem a bit dumb around here sometimes

 But that's why we love it

A train goes by,
The bus is coming,

The air is bright,

It's not a bad life 

28 March 2015