{"id":1789,"date":"2013-06-21T03:25:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T03:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2017-07-11T03:41:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T03:41:44","slug":"sausalito-by-thomas-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/sausalito-by-thomas-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Sausalito by Thomas Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sausalito<\/h1>\n

by Thomas Boyd<\/p>\n

The talk this morning is about the weather
\nAnd the eyes of dogs in the sun on the deck in California
\nThere were dreams
\nAbout being left behind
\nAnd about being powerless
\nBut those dreams are gone now in the sun<\/p>\n

The low steady hum of traffic up the hill
\nComing and going through the rainbow tunnel
\nThe highway to the redwoods and farther north
\nThe highway that connects the rest of the world
\nTo the big red bridge<\/p>\n

The house is dry wood and when the wind comes up
\nThere are creaks and pops and other complaints
\nThat are natural in a house turning fifty
\nAnd a house that has been drenched, blown dry
\nAnd baked a hundred times<\/p>\n

The green hill below the deck almost, but not quite
\nHides another dozen houses
\nAnd most of them are just as dry and tired
\nBut the sound of cutting and hammering
\nPromises a second chance
\nBut not this house because the man
\nDied a few years ago and the woman
\nIs a poet
\nAnd those days are gone now
\nIn the sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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