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First: drive down to Marina del Rey
turn right, a blue surfer shark will greet you, tell his story for a nickel
my nickel, I pick out
New Collected Poems (with CD of the poet reading) by George Oppen
& Garry Thomas Morse, After Jack at Small World Books
Béatrice selects a memoir & an Anne Tyler novel,
& from the Vietnamese hat stall, a fine, new sun bonnet for Flick
the endless posé of Harley’s, the odd
Kawa, & clichéd pick ups – Ford    Toyota     GMC 
heading east


                                    WRONG WAY
                                    DO NOT ENTER
                                    Horizon Ave.
it sez


Lunch: ordered off of the menu at Mao’s Kitchen –
‘Chinese country cooking with Red Memories,’ ‘Lunch Combination for the Masses’
“Mao loved to say, “Wei renmin fuwu!” – “Serve the people!”‘
Mao is vegan friendly, it sez.


Home: to Airlane Avenue after a detour to Ralph’s for trash bags
a bourbon & and run through Guy’s machine code poems