Just what it says in the heading
Lots of pictures of the same ideas
in a motion study click-through
not for everyone's cup of tea perhaps
but dig the Flaneur must
California size
driftwood
Winter sunlight
dim yet sustaining
Flocks of shorebirds
fly in formation
just above the water
A strange figure jogs past
along the edge
The sea returns
what falls into it
mammoth trees
Winter driftwood
piles of it
Enthusiasts compile it
in homage
to the San Francisco skyline
vaguely in view
But I'm here for the birds
Their thrilling
volatility
We are quite sympatico
they sense I'm a gentleman
A fantastic burled tree
Wait
what is that?
A new life-form
for the experienced nature boy
Curious
must be a fungus
One that apparently
fell from space
After the pandemonium
the birds calm down again
Then group mind asserts itself
And they are up in the air
Frankly
it's incredible
a wonder to behold
The miraculous
way of the world
The dream of shelter
The abundant sea
A peaceful kingdom
under the existential
threat of plastic,
Short-sighted heedless
mankind
The primordial
for the moment
still here
Under the influence
of cannabis chocolate
it's almost too much
joy
Mild day despite
the overcast
Moms stroll
the submarine walkway
emerged at medium tide
from
Crab Cove
The promise of a bough
with pinecones attached
A one point a guy
approached the shorebirds
led by two snappy little dogs
on a leash
NO DOGS
I said with patriarchal
almost God-like
police voice
He turned the yappers
right around
Wasn't home long
before the MLK march
passed by my vantage point
I danced along
to riddem of the saints
A band on the back
of a yellow truck
led the parade
Among the placards
red flags and
the flag of Puerto Rico
They are not happy today
about a certain shithole rat
Word to the plutocrats
take heed of a red flag
Warning
Alone again
But abidingly
for me
it is a day of peace
15 January 2018
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