when stretchin out on Masonic,

tears extract the wind

circlin all the way up the Bay Bridge,

headin for a magic ride into Hill Town,

Collado Ensalada

another honkytonk SanFrisco morning of storms

blowin full across the call,

butterfull winged streams

gettin off coastin on sheer energy input,

hummm, ”where the hells the summer sun?”

“just pokin round”

corner of Shakedown St

then steppin up starboard tenements

downin grateful coffee cups

blueberry pie fills

for some psychosupernatural august warmth,

man, send them a message, Georgie Wallace:

free cups on the Haight for all street venders

and soapbox revolutionaries,

whove nodded away while pickin crumbs

off Monterey Jack sandwiches,

whove huffed and puffed this plastic Golden Age through,

whove done that fill then refilled,

whove leapt foresaken naked out into the streets

castigatin these high-rent elastic hills

where sidewalk puptents reside,

home to bearded wanderers

dressed in Goodwill velvet red gloves,

other dud eternity fixtures

up and down this rollerbop midnight,

when does rebirth begin?

where are the studded painted lightbulbs

runnin off people socketed hydro power?

can we pirate ocean radio stations

while broadcastin to non-directional audiences,

dismissin unrecorded hype

new world west leather black jackets?

can we sit out along chilly dizzy piers,

stalled in the rollin noddin blowalong river Alcatraz,

if only to hear the easy flow once again?

here, this pull of colored magnets

stretches into the wail of the City

upnorth all the way to Chinatown,

where stands broken tenorman

noddin in his wind,

just four bits to pass to Beach North,

where greasy plugmen call for openers,

whistlin after passersby into perverted barns,

undressed pronouns

O San Francisco Rundown,

O Glory Seekers and other Dreamers

do come by here,

meander down these corners

with Ferlinghetti’s dog

to sniff that decadent vibe of passivity,

or cheer on the launch of a better cycle,

reconstructin this magnificent transient change

into clear flower power hypnosis!

San Francisco

8/15/73