Pardon my redundancy
as I go to the park
and into the garden again
It's down the rabbit hole again
come along with RAY
On my way
to an instinctual
roost
The venerable Palmetum
awaits with
its offer of solitude
Strange object in the grass
on my way in
Under every blade of grass
every flower
war and peace
Into the sensual garden
the realm of the senses
Subset of the larger garden
These were teeming with bees
Close-up
Rocks and water
make a solid road
Colors compel
Colors astound
My girlfriend is a
Zen rock
Large Bonzai
almost an oxymoron
It is stunted though
Bonzai garden
not today
These leaves are shiny green on top
and bright red on the bottom
Shaggy furry palm trees
like something out of Doctor Suess
Movie magic feeling
in the Palmetum
Another plinth
whose plaque was stolen
This one was in the shape
of the state of California
Unscrupulous smelters buy them
from barbarian thieves
With my raptor's eye
I spy a fire
on the other side
Lawnmowers leaves big clumps
of mowed grass
someone set one alight
The flames were fairly high
but it's just smoldering now
The fire truck had a problem
getting to the fire
After a long wait for it
it drove away again
Roadway still incomplete over there
What happened
asked the neighborhood fishes
Octopi Oakland
Would eat this octopus?
you would if you were
hungry enough
Whole food up the Amazon
where they now have first
and second class citizen shoppers
Bezos has $141 billion
I don't mind the scent
of fresh fish
But I prefer the scent
of fresh flowers
Same weather pattern every day
since groundhog day
16 June 2018
