A “whoop!” dissolves
in sweeps of fog (some laughter)

Car doors slam, muffled
as if onto cotton weave

A cab weaves away
from the Mark Hopkins

races up to the top
of California Street

past the pumpkin-tinted lights
of faded Grace Cathedral

Quick, the fog as an editor
erases it off the surface

Kurt Steinwand:
has published work in Poet Lore, New Millennium Writings, White Pelican Review, and previously in riverbabble among other journals. He studied Fine Arts and English at the University of South Florida and California State University-East Bay. He is also an award-winning artist and graphic designer. Kurt grew up in Ohio and Florida, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. These contrasting locales shape much of his writing. After his son was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, he and his family moved back to Florida where he started a new life as the parent of a special-needs child. He currently works with disabled children at a Title 1 elementary school when not practicing the writing craft.

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