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Berkeley Beckoning Me

I grew up 
In Berkeley, California
In the early 70s
A wild and crazy time

Berkeley shaped my soul
And my heart will always
Long for my home land

Berkeley was always
A wild and zany place
Filled with original characters
Drawn to the city by the bay

The hills overlooking the city
The campus filled with students
The downtown shopping area
The suburban housing 

The street people
The vendors on Telegraph
The smell of marijuana 
Hanging in the air
Long before it was legal

In some ways 
Berkeley seems stuck
In a time wrap

A certain corner 
Seems to be forever
Stuck in 1969

The city has changed 
Over the years
Like most places
It has become harder 
And harder for the working class
To afford to live there

The yuppies took over
Decades ago
But despite that the city
Continues to be home
To a diverse population

Little India emerged
Along with Berkeley’s Chinatown
The old black neighborhoods
Still manages to somehow 
Thrive amid the gentrification

And so as my life winds down
My thoughts keep returning
To my ancestral home
The homeland 
Where I wish to die

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