Be Angry At San Pedro

 I say to my woman, "Jeffers was 
a great poet.
 think of a title
like Be Angry At The Sun.
 don't you 
realize how great that is?

"you like that negative stuff.
" she 
says

"positively," I agree, finishing my
drink and pouring another.

"in one of Jeffers' poems, not the sun poem,
this woman fucks a stallion because her 
husband is such a gross spirit.
 and it's
believable.
 then the husband goes out
to kill the stallion and the stallion
kills him.
"

"I never heard of Jeffers," she 
says.


"you never heard of Big Sur? Jeffers
made Big Sur famous just like D.
 H.
 Lawrence
made Taos famous.
 when a 
great writer writes about where he
lives the mob comes in and takes 
over.
"

"well you write about San Pedro," she
says.


"yeah," I say, "and have you read the 
papers lately? they are going to construct
a marina here, one of the largest in the 
world, millions and billions of dollars, 
there is going to be a huge shopping
center, yachts and condominiums every-
where!"

"and to think," my woman says smiling, "that you've only
lived here for three years!"

"I still think," I say,
changing the subject,
"you ought to read Jeffers.
"

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