A Summer Day on the Island

 

 

 

Impromptu sojourn to Alameda

leads to felicitous discovery

much of it inside  my own head

 

 

Flag of the

U.S.A.

 

Had a meeting in my building

 then I was glad to get outside

for a day of relaxation

 

But what to do with it?

 

 

I'll just wander out prepared

and something will occur to me

 

 

Something's is coming to me

I wanted to sit somewhere

by the water and have a smoke

 

That's it

an appropriate bus

happened to be

waiting

 

 

Off to Alameda again

Turntable town

Retro-city 

 

 

Where the flag

will never cease to fly

 

Where the Space Age

never ended

 

Perfect for 1970s Punk singles,

Hold your fingers in your ears

it's the Cramp's "Human Fly"

96 tears in 96 eyes

 

 

This artifact is even older

 

A tote box for 45s

 

 

A vintage Crosley All-in-One,

Crosley Bendix was yet another

stage name for Don Joyce

a friend and collaborator

who left us in July 2015

 

Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh

wore Don's final zebra-skin cowboy hat

for their encore at

at the recent Burger Boogaloo

in homage to the mix-master of Negativland

and Over the Edge

 

 

 

Holy cowboy hat,

Batman!

 

 

Resting Batmobile

It will remain safe parked here

as I continue on foot

 

 

 

Old Brexit Brian

We sent our porcine president

across the pond 

on a Trump baby blimp

Hope they show him a good time

 

 

 

Emblematic flag

over the people's post office

 

 

Glory at the nature center

Crab Cove

Can you spot the big bumble bee?

 

Now when kids draw flowers

they add a skull

 

 

A glorious day

of ideal temperature

wispy clouds and a breeze

 

 

The walkway is certainly

 submarine today

here come Canada geese

 

They swam right over to me

as if they were expecting me

Someone must feed them here

 

Well off you pop then

 

 

The whole conga line

paddled off in the direction

of Crown Beach

 

Rock Island line, baby

 

Trees are expressive

if you look with care

 

Flooded window effect

at the Coast Guard

recruitment center

 

In case you happen to be

strapped

 

 

When I took this one the door

opened and a handsome

Coast Guardsman came out

to see what I was about

 

I'm all about Summer

the birds and the bees

and the beautiful Bay area

 

Land of abundant

Ice cream treats

 

Fantasy delivery truck

 

He's still proudly rocking

his Pride coloration

 

Fellas, enjoy your adult beverage but

Please don't paw the dames

 

 

Another season in the sun

for the venerable RAY Man

child of July

 

Shall I take

the Batmobile?

 

Perhaps astride a sacred cow

I'll project myself

tunnel under the estuary

back to 8tgh Street

 

Later as I made dinner

the sky turned gold

 

I memorialize

another

 cloudscape

 

 

 

 

12 July 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Park Life in July

 

Charming musical design

for the new entrance way

to the Children's Fairyland

 

My first outing in over a week

another of the heart's

troubling lessons keep me at rest

Bidding a fond farewell

to the solace I found I brandy

 

But my Savior is with me

and Cannabis is OK,

Perhaps less social media

and less radio news is indicated

as well

 

 

 

It's a tale

never quite told

 

Stimulating spiral

 ornamentation

 

I am all about flowers

the birds and the bees

 

Megalith marks turtle habitat,

 Video of an old house tortoise

pursuing someone outside of Paris

inspired me to undertake

a turtle hunt

 

There they all are,

dozens today

 

Acting benign

 

Feigning nonchalance

 

Fan out into the sky

 

 

Existence is elsewhere

 

Glimpse the bonsai garden

not going there

closed today anyway

 

I'm headed to

 an oasis of the mind

good for one's heart an soul

 

I try to be God's

psychedelic agent on earth

 

A channel for color and form

from here to you

 

 

A tectonic plate

with a broad frondy branch

had detached from a palm,

I moved it from where it had fallen

against the tree

leaving a bright green scar

 

 

 

 

I hope the Creator

thinks I'm doing a good job

 

 

A whirling vortex

of plant morphology

 

 

 

Patterns

light is life

 

Exit past the art nouveau

color vortex

 

 

As the turtle zone

 

transforms into

the Twilight Zone

 

A great plumb robin

has a drink and a splash

in a side garden

on my way off

 

 

A new tree emerges

from a protective tube

 

Peaceful

consciousness expansion

 

Perched on a cliff

over the estuary

expecting to fly

 

 

 

 

Here come four geese

a-swimming

 

The illusion of time passing

and here they are

 

They come nigh

in mutual harmony

 

 

Got to take it back on the road,

Van man might be sleeping

while he airs the dog

 

Back at the pad

the trusty electric fan sits idle

on top of the July calendar

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Announcement

 

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by 28% THC

3D Cannabis

 

 

 

 

 

2 July 2018