Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Spring Lands











Lovely days are here again
think I'll get the old motor scooter
out of storage


In a Spring fever dream
the Flaneur walks the concrete jungle's sidewalks
and life's earthen paths















Massive eucalyptus
a small park by the Lake








Henry J. Kaiser
Pioneer of healthcare profiteering
Into his black hole disappeared
Catholic and other non-profit hospitals




I visit his eponymous building



Almost all of the extremely wealthy
are sociopathic
if not like our fearless leader
psychopathic


This entrance way
 indoor fountain
is a trip



Ugliest in Oakland
Imagine how much
some sculptor
was paid for this utter
piece of shit



Headquarters
of our transit system
is located here


I boarded an elevator
with a real example
of a certain business-type
Youngish, in shape
Military politeness
The elevator shot up multiple floors
to blind landings
I'm surprised the executive didn't call security


I came back down
and found the way to my goal
a park atop a garage


The perspective from here


Not that I'm a huge fan of "aps"
But I'd like one that looked
at the clouds for you
and told you what they were called
and what it all means


I believe we came from the sky
and there shall we return


Wavy building uptown,
I head further that way


Wow
Wonderwalls


I'm going to church, baby
On the feast day
of my beloved St Patrick
An attractive girl,
at the Catholic cafe




Highly regarded
and festooned in green



Treasure from the Emerald Isle


Prayer cards
Mother always had a lot,
we got them at school and at Mass
My ex St Lucy became a real collector
then fickle person that she was
left them when she left


I kneel down
when I pray


It's High Lent
Purple cloth upon the altar


Who's that rising?
Jesu mein freunde


I am his lover
and his scibe


Reflecting
the marble cross


So much light



Dear Bishop Saint
of Eire


Transcendent
transparency


His eyes, his brow
his beard


I celebrate him
and try to chase out
the snakes


Time to leave trails
of glory
Can you spot St Patrick?



Miraculous
Life
goes on







In the trees

Your Flaneur is there










Saint Patrick's day
17 March 2017



Saturday, March 25, 2017

Ku Klux Klowns





















I am firmly of the belief that
 Drumpf is seriously demented


March 2017

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Saint Patrick's Parading







Americae's biggest and best-loved ethnic holiday
Forget Columbus Day
Who's even heard of Bastille day?
Like the other Irish-American holiday Halloween,
Only the growing popularity of Dia de Los Muertos
may someday hold a candle to
Saint Patrick's Day





Everyone's Catholic
on Saint Patrick's day


Ash Wednesday brings Lent
which brings Saint Patrick's
which brings Spring
which comes wit Easter





'Twas ever thus






 Can't really agree with the stout anymore
I suppose I might have aged out
but the whiskey is as splendid
as it ever was


Let's go
in the garden,
 shall we?





Time to get out
the green glass heirlooms
and have dinner


 I saw a recipe for Colcannon
made with canna-butter
made me want to try to make it
with the cannabis on the side




Time to get a little happier

Try to catch a butterfly
on the wing




Even a glass butterfly 
is not as easy as it looks


Ebullience
 is contagious



Ultra Owl











The wee folk are always with us
this impish fellow stops
just short of wicked




There were little kids
wearing bunny ears
in the trees in the park





Tall man with a
miniature Doberman,
we talked a little





Today's a day
to ley your mind
float away





Fighting Irish




 
Nature is my primary medicine
that and cannabis






Dali
where did he come from?



He was of course
conspicuously Catholic



Cartoon garden owl



Let's go, let's go



 
Not everyone
wear green





Erin go bragh


March 2017