but here goes
praise herbiethe never weres
that now drag their feet
on the california pahways
are insignificant proportionally to their predecessors
every invader from Jed smith on has a tale to tell
that fed us every one.
children of the california
living in the shadow of the mission culture 's
historic injustices . the gold rush boom,and every subsequent
Boom rattled the conciousness.
brett harte gave way to Jauquin murietta>ambrose bierce>dashell hammett >has given way to john steinbeck>tom wolfe>and on it goes.
My dad told the story differently
all his friends died off on the circa 2nd world war street bikes
his recomendation to avoid the street bike fix drove me to aquatic
alternatives.I believe I was his success.
his psycic starvation has provided access to my Idylic life.
Our cousins in the urban core are our 21st century counterparts
adaptive feeding on availiable stimulae.
the survivors will be somewhat affected with the guilt flash
but the outer reaches of the urban depravity ripple outward
the pond is changing I heard it finally today…
my neighborhood has gone to the gentry…?
I’ll believe it when I see it.
but wouldn’t it be nice to see
the guy with the pony
like in the fifties
taking pictures of 5 year olds
in chaps and cowboy hats
sitting in front of the neighbors garage door
smiling the nieve delight only a safe neighborhood could give.
in my childhood the junk man bought scrap metal
the bakery man delivered doughnuts
playing a melody with his multi truck horn.
not til I was 17
not to know the guy up the street was dealing junk till you were 17
to hitchhike to the beach and surf
and avoid the
whirlpool
sympatico circumstance
praise the pacific for saving us one and all.
arthur godfrey gave the clues
hawaii calls and harry owens
was as important an influence as william boyd’s
hoppalong cassidy,duncan renaldo’s
cisco kid
the new californians are so jaded.
if there is a real one in a thousand . …
the FNG buldge is saddening.
from border to border
to border to ocean
two weeks and the think they own it.
god save california
hollywood aint california
arnolt aint californian
the clampets wern’t californian
the californians …are saddened by this present future
be quiet hear their tears fall upon the ground
Ive been tuned to it from before birth.
my california child saddness
““THEY DUNNO””
I can only lok away
and say
maybe someday
my recurring reverie
to stand on the stage
at my innercity high school
and confess my sins
for survival by ditching
the neighborhood Dope
the social spiral
I mostly stayed home after school and listened
to"“the genius of ray charles”"
““Bringing it back home”” dylan
sam cooke live at the copa
all stacked
eating Italian food from the corner store
owned by raymond Chang honolulu chinese
the teddy grocery was a haven
the Mc Claren pool was an anointing pool
there but for fortune.
yes the slow of wittness
are not worth confronting with our
confoundments.
My dad told me,
there’s only one thing you can tell a damned fool,
…nuthin…
god bless us all
aloha from waipouli
…ambrose…
may the some day feel what it’s like to be real