THE STRETCH
I can no longer wake up and drink beer
And sleep thru the afternoon
Yoga = yes
Then jogging around Nob Hill
While the Railroad Kings laugh
Ha, ha
Poem on Broadway’s Sidewalk
“People
Are not
To be
Looked
Up to
Or
Down
Upon
They are
To be
Harmonized with”
*A found poem written with colored magic markers on masking tape;
each line was on a different strip of tape, placed on the sidewalk.
Buying Bamboo on Jackson Street
Time for some good luck with summer ending and autumn approaching
So I go to the mom and pop bamboo shop on Jackson Street,
And ask the mom for a piece of “Beautiful” bamboo, around five bucks worth
With her back to me while caring for her plants in vases by the wall,
“They are not beautiful or ugly; they are all the same”
Then turning around she appears with a nice piece of bamboo, around three feet, and
Hands it over to me, as I give her a fiver, which she takes and waves in front of my face,
Smiling, showing her teeth, eyes lit up, she waves the fiver, “This is beautiful”
all three by Jonathan Hayes
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