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Open Poetry #46

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SAN FRANCISCO

shirtless
Member

since 2006-04-29

Posts 359

0 posted 2010-03-29 10:53 PM

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SAN FRANCISCO

I return
to the city
on a train
that is steered
by the men
who laid the tracks
a hundred years ago

I see their
dog before the earthquake faces
in old photographs
and on this afternoon’s cable car

at the top
of the hill
I stare
into a store window
and watch
the window dresser
make adjustments
so that I can see
my face
in the glass and
on the mannequin’s
faceless head

I am lost
in a slow tremble

the towers of my memory topple

my dreams have no skyline

I am mannequin calm

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Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2010-03-30 07:04 PM

Excellent, somehow spooky.

Love,
Margherita

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

2 posted 2010-03-30 11:43 PM

Nice trip. Dug the scene. Peace.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

3 posted 2010-10-11 07:48 AM

Unique and definitely worth a read by others.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

4 posted 2010-10-11 08:05 AM

earl,
I agree.. unique and well worth the read..
Enjoyed!!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2010-10-11 12:08 PM

This is different and certainly worth the read. Hope it's not a premonition,
Ida

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2010-10-11 07:06 PM

am lost
in a slow tremble

the towers of my memory topple

my dreams have no skyline

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Dig that!! You've got a great way with words.
Nice slice, shirtless~

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

7 posted 2010-10-13 05:35 PM

"I see their
dog before the earthquake faces
in old photographs
and on this afternoon’s cable car"

the whole work causes a certain mood
and I like it

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