Monday, October 24, 2022

Ode to the Bulb

The jewel of the Bay

Is not the Golden Gate

It's a suitable fill-in

For a glittering landfill

Jutting out into the salmon-skin sparkle of the Bay's waves

A waste reclaimed

First - made home by homeless

Then - gallery of the hopeful


No pathway ever the same

Even the steps of yellow brick 

Leading to Mad Mike's Castle

Lengthen to reach back to the shore

Inviting one to find more


Far from the watch of the driftwood dragon

Vermillion shards of glass hang in the trees

And mosaics are affixed to concrete detritus

The sun always seems brighter

Shining on this peninsula of free dogs


How this place was transformed

From trash to treasure

Reminds me that one cam make

Anything their own pleasure

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