Lessons Learned In San Francisco
It was as if announcing that his music was the next big thing
An absolute first for me, and I might add, rather annoying
He paced the street down beneath my dwelling place
I didn't think it would last, but it sailed far beyond San Francisco
The sound of 'A Rapper' on the streets of San Francisco
It was different, poetic, captivating in San Francisco
I tell you, while still a young man in San Francisco,
these things and more, I learned in San Francisco:
It's alright to sit in the back at a church in San Francisco
If in an accident, pray before exiting your vehicle in San Francisco
With bart and buses, it's not hard to live without a car in San Francisco
The 1979 Chevy Chevettes do not like any of the many hills of San Francisco
I learned to slow dance while driving across the Golden Gate Bridge one stormy day in San Francisco. I and that suspension bridge were holding
on to each other and swaying high above the waters.
It's such a lovely place with a global face, but you need lots of money to live in San Francisco. In 1978, I was a bit surprised when a needy person requested 50 cents. In Chicago, the needy people did not name a price, but I guess inflation was higher in San Francisco. Also in 1978, a homeless and hungry man requested bacon and eggs sunny-side up. You gotta love San Francisco.
I learned that there was so much more about the city of Saint Francis. It was more than the Bay and the Beaches and the Beauty. I must say that 'my heart grew bigger in the City by the Bay', and by the time we moved away in 1986, there was no doubt that 'I had learned so much more about how to love'.
08262017 PS Contest, Early Sept. Standard, Brian Strand
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