California – Maté Jarai
June 4, 2020
We collided from
different time zones
and went wild
in this other place
beneath the bridge and in a park
and found other continents
and then the Pacific
and we sat there
in the grey sand
watching the birds
before walking some more
headed back in time
because we were kids here once
and then forwards
because we haven’t been kids
for a while
and into no time at all
it’s just how we are, brother
living in the seams
and from there we slipped
down the kings of hills
and onto sea towers
drifting back
through the stink
of downtown
passing crazies in camps
and crazies shouting at us
and asking for things
and we just stared at them
because we weren’t really there
we were totally elsewhere
but together somehow
and brother, it wasn’t
just you and I
because when I
talked you were
one of two
who listened
and I waited for
both of you to respond
and we laughed and
accepted it
and the three of us
walked all night,
two of us alive
the other leading
the way.