Friday, August 24, 2012

Misspent Youth

Eight full hours I worked that day
before slouching towards the gray

line of ocean stretched pole to pole.
Whitecaps and a tanker's scarred hull

slid towards the hidden Golden Gate.
I had a fifth of vodka with me.  Great

plumes of sand, tan and claw-shaped
leapt up off the dunes.  Succulents draped

over the hills hid a place where I
could sleep in my vast German army coat lined

with fake green fur.  Warmed by the lonely horn
heralding fog, I donned headphones.  Blondie.  Born

of a beast of a man, I could lay my head
anywhere away from the lights, the club kids' tread.

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