Also Written 8/17/14 & about the Same Place

Sounds of crickets from
a stereo. I'd rather
hear the real thing. 

8/17/14

Grimy city, full
of human misery. Where
are the grass, trees, birds? 


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By all accounts of the well-traveled, San Francisco is a relatively clean city.  But that's not how it seemed to me this particular day.

Actually Written Today!

Sweet, seedy figs bridge
this hot Indian Summer with
cool, windy, cold Fall.

8/19/14

I long for figs--
sweet and seedy Summer fruit
praised by ancients. 

The Significance Pumpkin Bread Even in August

I blend the butter,
sugar, eggs, pumpkin. Comfort
comes in an hour.

8/20/14

Dreary skies shine gray.
Muggy air presses down, but a
brown dove soars up, up.

During the Napa Earthquake (We're All Fine-- Nothing Broken, No One Hurt in the Hattersley House)

Wake to rolling earth--
we hold hands in bed, waiting
for pictures to fall.