TO THIS

TO THIS, originally uploaded by B I R D.

EXT DAY The Embarcadero ~ San Francisco CA
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...and so
it comes down
to this
and this
alone
echoes here
like footfalls
from passerby
that does not hear
the quickening
like numbers
on a ledger sheet
put down with these
two hands
each entry
firmly made
circumstances
accumulated
like water
beneath a wharf
the tide breathing
as it makes its way
sometimes pulled to the brim
then emptied on the lower passage
but here
to this slack tide
we come
and so we come down
to this
and this
alone
echoes here
like footfalls
from passerby
to this
mirrored in
the last moment of
slack tide
poised above the Embarcadero
B I R D
Poem & Image
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