There are places that make my heart glad
life allows me to return to them
time over time across the span of a life
San Francisco from a distance
was to my child’s eyes a city pretending to be a crystal matrix
in those days all the buildings were squared off on top
in a geologic symmetry
Be they ferries or houseboats
restaurants rising out of the bay
the allure of being over top of the water
elevates all moods
Sausalito my townish friend
where on the cusp of adulthood
I came in rolled black skirt and poet blouse
girl singing on stage whiskey in hand
I had sloe gin held to no curfew
my girl friends and I out in the night
held in check by only the ropes of needing these times to go on and on
In these times there is a we
an us
as two we meet with daughters and friends
we traipse in the falling rain
recognize we need to return
there is a tether here
we need these times to go on and on
#NaPoWriMo
#sausalito
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