August Open Thread

3 comments

  1. Roger the Baron says:

    Three Questions

    If cars are so bad
    Why do I drive?

    If strip malls alienate
    Why do I buy things there?

    If freeways ruin cities
    Why do I get that rush every time I take the 17/880 flyover?

    August 31st, 2011 at 4:10 PM

  2. Back After 11 years says:

    Branham and Capitol, 1998

    You called out to the passersby
    from the windows of your car
    So I couldn’t help but sigh
    And think you were having fun at their expense
    They probably didn’t like it
    And scorned your show of teenaged pretense

    But you of course were undeterred
    And yelled and screamed though no one played along
    There was always Jeff and me, though unimpressed
    We would do until Adam returned

    August 31st, 2011 at 4:13 PM

  3. Back After 11 years says:

    Alviso, again

    Out here, it’s the same as ever. Maybe the grass in the marina is higher. But the empty views across to Mission Peak, the trains like tiny capsules coming into view, the abandonedness. It’s the same.
    Vahl’s beckons. But I resist. It’s still early. Then: the sound of ranchera music from somebody’s boombox in a backyard I can’t see.

    August 31st, 2011 at 4:18 PM