get up, get out, get busy,
engage, revel in the ephemera,
the beauty that is everywhere,
that won’t be here tomorrow,
from concrete to paper, relish
the marks made by doe-minded
vandals, be it intricate, colorful
designs, poetry dripping from
the bricks of the alleyways,
love scratches on the sidewalk
or next to apartment entryways,
drugged-out rants or scribbles,
stuff stapled to telephone poles,
trees; look up at the mobiles in
stuff stapled to telephone poles,
trees; look up at the mobiles in
the castro, listen to their tinklings
for fifteen minutes or more, not
tomorrow but today, catch the
window-dressings composed
lovingly by professionals, peer
through the windows, say hello
to the cat or dog that lives there,
through the window, or step inside
to do so in a more personable way
to the cat or dog that lives there,
through the window, or step inside
to do so in a more personable way
on days in which the establishments
are open, keep the camera on, it saves
precious time, which is all we’ve got,
but the day is young and so are we,
and the streets are ours...say hello to
your friends in tents, under blankets
or on the stoop drinking their pints of
vodka or shooting up, find someplace
new, a place you’ve never been before,
a whole new perspective, walk all the
way to the beach or to the bay or to
the presidio or to the bridge or head
down to baker beach, be a tourist at
fisherman’s wharf, but always end up
in the gulch after making sure you’ve
precious time, which is all we’ve got,
but the day is young and so are we,
and the streets are ours...say hello to
your friends in tents, under blankets
or on the stoop drinking their pints of
vodka or shooting up, find someplace
new, a place you’ve never been before,
a whole new perspective, walk all the
way to the beach or to the bay or to
the presidio or to the bridge or head
down to baker beach, be a tourist at
fisherman’s wharf, but always end up
in the gulch after making sure you’ve
humped the hills (telegraph, russian
and nob, at least) or disregard
polk altogether, the magnet that
draws you in, go deeper, there’s
always a surprise, a spot you never
knew but won’t be able to forget,
you can do this all day or for about
an hour, depending on whatever
commitments you have on the
particular day of the week--and
what motivation you’ll get from
all of this! or that is how it works
draws you in, go deeper, there’s
always a surprise, a spot you never
knew but won’t be able to forget,
you can do this all day or for about
an hour, depending on whatever
commitments you have on the
particular day of the week--and
what motivation you’ll get from
all of this! or that is how it works
for me, no guarantees or anything,
but, yeah, so as for myself, and
as of this day, and as for my
commitments, i’ll place this one
at the top with a big star to make
it stand out, my number one item
on my to do list, my priority behind
which all else will fall, for if i fail to
do at least this, then i ask you:
how might i ever do anything?
priorities first. that’s that.
it’s settled. over and out.
until the next time. peace.
as of this day, and as for my
commitments, i’ll place this one
at the top with a big star to make
it stand out, my number one item
on my to do list, my priority behind
which all else will fall, for if i fail to
do at least this, then i ask you:
how might i ever do anything?
priorities first. that’s that.
it’s settled. over and out.
until the next time. peace.
