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Poem: If You Live In San Francisco

Poem: In You Live In San Francisco
Poem: If you live in San Francisco...

If you live in San Francisco

            (or my place for that matter)

you shouldn’t sleep between the hours of 3 & 6 in the morning, for that is the most beautiful part of the whole 24 hours of the day. That’s when almost the whole city’s asleep. And the streets are almost empty.

            And it begins to dawn

                        and its [sic] beautiful.

            In the early morning light

                        & cold

            of great throbbing honking yelling banging crashing city

                        quiet now

            when the monster sleeps

                        he is beautiful

            & its [sic] beautiful to walk the streets alone or with your lover

                                    who understands the beauty

                        and shares it with you

            and walk the streets

                        meeting no one

                        shops all closed

                                    quiet

                        full of bright beauty

                                    & happiness

                        take it slow & easy

            take all that early morn jam[?]

                        until you see the first guy on his way to work

            & hear the first honk of a horn & then go home

                        or if you have a house

            a quiet, shady alley

                        lay down

            and fall asleep with a smile and your lover sleeping in your arms until it’s quiet again.

                                    Ah, soul. Ah, love. Ah, life.

                                                Yes.

  


 

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