I am from followspots,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From theater chairs and marley floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from the bright orange fridge, almost neon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from the California evergreens,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the community lake with the all day all night party and the saturday morning drum circles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from shabbos<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and big noses,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from Piro Shalom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the hippie revolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from the impulsivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From \u201cmaking plans for nigel\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and \u201cbrick house\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from the 4 hour seder every spring<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But not from the temple<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m from Oakland and from a lost ancestry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never discussed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Street tacos and strong coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the oregon communes in 1969,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the the acid and the grateful dead and the Janis Joplin as God,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and the protest arrests with Joan Baez and a different husband each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from that bright orange, almost neon fridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With my two brothers and my sister<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And my grandfather who passed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
smiling at us with a pipe in his mouth and a beer in his hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his happiest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am from followspots, From theater chairs and marley floors. I am from the bright orange fridge, almost neon I am from the California evergreens, the community lake with the all day all night party and the saturday morning drum circles I am from shabbos and big noses, from Piro Shalom And the hippie revolution … Continue reading Where I’m From<\/span>