Read a poem by another poet written
on the same day:

3:15 a.m.                    russell street, berkeley, ca


"a bunch of wild flowers,
read the manual, will
liven up even the dullest meal."

how long is too long
or long enough?

for shorebirds one must be near
the shore, save the stray gull
who's lost his way.
weeds, however, are universal.