by the Crystal Cathedral ...
I am here now
but it is a now
Like a snifter of liqueur
that I handle and sift
And sip at my leisure,
in this summer of basil
When we contemplate love
as the end of time
In the great ladle
in the sky
That tells us
where the time went
And how it was a myth
anyway.
California pours out
in filtered light,
Obsolescent mermaid queen
of the realm of gold
Seeking. The new Chronos,
Rock and Roll,
Signs as time while a Volkswagen
Thing rolls by.