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Christmas decorations, Richmond Annex: photo by efo, 24 December 2011

frosted tears are they, on the face of the neon
liquor store clown -- starlit Albany
inversion layered reddish blue two
forty eight a.m. Christmas on the Richmond/
Oaktown drag
thirty two degree separation
from earth above wide arcs of white light
from cruising police choppers
search the sky

Chain drugstore exterior, Albany: photo by efo, 23 December 2009