A little too abstract, a little too wise,
It is time for us to kiss the earth again.
– Robinson Jeffers (“Return”)
But we may not have the currency
to invest anymore, now that town
has rebooted our minds, changed
the circuitry, on feed in Fat City,
right off I-5. Not even a glance up
at the smooth Coalinga Hills
to graze old times, find a canyon
to get lost in. We may be too
well-bred to return and get by.
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