10.19.2007

Far Away From Polk Street

soft hair and hair gel
fuzzy sweater sanguine
sweater sad and selfless
they glide and glide and fall
but not too soon

upright and right now
gray brick wall break free
brick wall stained and star-struck
they fell and now they hurt
but not too much

gone to San Francisco
gone to walls and flowers
ivy and the end notes
staying on, fading out
just long enough

wool hats and hat hair
black scarves out of attics
black scarves sold a fortune
on falling and hurting
and now they’re gone away
to San Francisco

January 5, 1999

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