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"oakland"

oakland is hilly

and flat and forgetting

it’s tickling the pacific

the buses cost too much

& take too long

here & back hurts

oakland is only

as distant

as the time it takes to remember

how many souls splash

loud inside here

boys

on bicycles

riding higher than

mostuh the folx with blunts

pushing strollers carts dime bagsuh dozen

to get where ya wanna

go regardless

yo shit gettin stolen

stealing

shit too many suckuhmotuhfuckuhs

steal oakland’s every street

is my home

oakland is met ya

yesterday runnin intuhyuh

tonight drink

with you tomorrow

sideshow shut down the freeway

5-oh whip-ride away oakland

is why aren’t you dancing

right now

keep walking

follow the music

where brass winds wince

lakeside magicians pomp

plop pluck unsure & do it

til maybe you aren’t

what you started out as

curtain calls names you won’t hold

fearing that inherent loss

oakland

is painted walls don’t droop tho

cuz skeletoned memories

craft vibrant violent & violet

like funeral brigades cascading

san pablo seminary international

park mlk drive west baby

bodega booze crews cruise

sex work food dudes

choose loose lose

& make home

in tha train, rain

give(s) back everything

you took

forgive(s) everything

you lack

indulge reckless

relax puff

puff

pass lighter

gas can gasmask

bodies shot past

& see how

they run

tha town

is fighting efflorescence

against this


reminds us

how to find the best

gratitude in the rest of this

smile

sometimes

you don’t know

how good

it is

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