Rocktober

A slammer went through Candlestick Park
cancelling the world series
rupturing the five o'clock routine
thickening the shade
shouting for Jesus on rolling concrete
spilling open closets of fears

Cascading dishes and emotions
reflect in a cold vomit of mirror on the floor.
Remember, I'll never speak to you
if you don't protect my teacup.
Yo, give me some slack

The drunk's knocked sober
by the Jukebox and the fat lady
No boundaries
No electricity
Bridges peeling back
stranding casual friends together.
Are you ready?
All souls gospel church rings throughout the city
Chatter echoes in alleys
Splinter and shimmy
our tender marrow scaffolding

Arquimides celebrates his birthday
reviewing principles of poetry and geo-physics
in a nightclub without lights
while lives leak away in a crevice of time
sin mirarte yo te miro

Buildings on wheels sashay
to the cadence of a transistor symphony
sirens chill away pettiness
hose off hostilities

Fight only for the right to sing
and shout
and breathe

All of what is gone,
including my grandfather's barn
are the grounds 
for us
to love
the present

Without seeing you
I see you