Friday, April 4, 2014

Steinbeck Country

Amber sunset
_____haze of this day's
traffic_____and_____labor

hangs there.
__________Mother Califia's
draped robes._____She bears

in her arms
_____sheaves of corn.
Catholicism, Indian scorn

thread up a trail
__________West, beyond
the coastal range.

Here in the valley
_____we welcome night;
light_____pollution_____estranged

the stars.  Frogs sing
_____us to sleep
__________anyway.

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