California Places I Am, A History

in the Glendale Hills, if there is

such a place

in the hills above Glendale

at the Glendale train station

in the middle

of the night

 

the smoking section

of terminal one at

San Francisco International

airport

at the bus stop

in front of the Safeway

on Solano Avenue

Albany, California

 

getting off of the bus

at the Alaska gas station

on San Pablo

in Oakland

waiting for the bus

at midnight or later

on San Pablo or

in front of the McDonald’s

at University and

Shattuck

 

at a motherfucking

Starbucks

just inside L.A.

for hours

 

moving out of an apartment

at Dwight & MLK

in which I lived

for all of fifteen days

 

at the Golden Key or

the Vagabond Hotel

on Colorado or

the USA Hostel in

Hollywood on a top bunk

or Hollywood Boulevard

waiting

for another bus

 

on top of Albany Hill

or at Ocean Beach

or the Aquatic Center

or the Sea Breeze

on the 52, the 18, the 72, 51b

in the basement of Doe Library

 

hanging in the night sky

in a plane above the bay

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