Jan Gerben – Harley-Davidson flathead 1943 World Travel

Bright lighted skyscrapers around

the bridge to the Yale-blues nightlife,

an illuminated porcupine in the dark.

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The moon in the window

of mentally ill & homeless’ art exhibition,

Marriott’s big O artificial home sign

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Autumn downtown East Side bathes in all-day drizzle

comfort to be found in car & Starbucks

shelter for almost all.

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Amicitia on her brown bare foot

Says the blue tattoo

In  summer’s mad  mental house  garden

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As the wind sharpens the blue of

this autumn morning sky,

my bike needs extra air to start

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As the little girl lets me comb her hair

gently, I realise already in early late summer morning

there’s a first time for everything

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De augustus ochtendzon

verwarmt de werkplaats junkyard

tot een tuin vol art

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