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Everyone knows what Mark Twain said about a San Francisco summer, but Oscar Wilde's observation is equally valid:
"It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world." - The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Imagine Oscar on the Castro. He would have indeed thought he'd died and gone to heaven.
Posted by: Laura Orem | August 22, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Love the comment LO. First time I read "on the Castro" I imagined Oscar on a convertible sofa, reclining. Next I saw him opining "on" the Castro regime in Cuba. Finally I saw the light of Castro Street.
Posted by: DL | August 22, 2010 at 05:05 PM