Five Days into May

Days ending in miraculous May

After a period of intransigence from

the old-fangled smart phone cam

The Flaneur finally freed up memory

to capture new experiences

the illusion of images

April the 28th

April exits

in turbulent clouds

and chilly air

Spring is struggle

between cold and heat

Between darkness and light

Full moon onset

a strong sense of

transition

April the 29th

Abroad on a Sunday

Poppy Riot

Oregon street Berkeley

Milder temperatures

and receding cold front

After dinner

instinct led me down to the water

violet elliptical clouds hovered

UFO-like over the train tracks

A great highway of seagulls

extended over the Port

Many landed on the great cranes

before continuing across the Estuary

to Alameda island

I turned to my left

in the east there rose the pink

pink pink moon

full and laden as the Spring

An illusory realm
holds me in demi-sleep

yet imagining

that I'm still awake

 At last one acts one's age

and has to admit that it's

past one's bedtime

April the 30th

The coming of

Walpurgisnacht

An appointment

in Berkeley Babylon

I'm early

and the sun is out

so I delay submitting to

a waiting room indoors

And find a sunny place instead

A madly painted bench

over the BART tracks

where the train goes underground

entering Berkeley

Third Rail warning

The Lorin district

lately burdened

by a tent encampment

leading to a severe punitive fence

as more public access green grass

is walled away

Berkeley is a wealthy city

but it lets public facilities

decline in the poor side of town

 

LOVE

LIVE

and Trudge

Count every blessings

smile and say hello

to passersby

Stay happy and holy

there's a train a-coming

All aboard

Next stop

Paris

 Live inside a crush groove

without getting crushed

Take this exemplary cat

festooned for his 

Walpurgisnacht

excitements

Do thy own thing

and you'll be king

May the First

all is glowing

all is splendid

Spring is a rose

A classroom

of kids marching

on College avenue
all connected by
 a colorful ribbon

I jumped off a bus

into their joyful midst

outdoors on May Day

My next adventure

awaits me

The symbolistic

Morcam Rose Garden

My new May Day cannabis

OG Butter hybrid blended with

superlative Cherry AK Sativa

enable me to forget

an aching leg to climb

 to the upper plateau

Follow me concentrically

down the primrose paths

A tranquil microcosm

perfect for a rest

on a very busy May Day

A real place you can go

where everything grows

4.

May the Second

Giant Flag Day

Not for the first time

do I open my eyes

and open my blinds

to discover a gargantuan flag

has pulled up while I slept

Under it passes a silent parade

 police of every stripe

and the families

Remembering the lads of the badge

who have fallen

Cheers then

off you pop

2018