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[aid] => mick
[title] => Harbor People
[time] => 2002-07-15 05:52:52
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[bodytext] => Harbor people, empty palms thrust forward,
eyes wide in askance. They live here on these planks in summer Street vendors calling. Flying banner ads. Music pounding from restaurants, a million types of Jazz along the pier -- all pleading for attention. But tourists move with the pigeons running in little tight packs. A quilt of living colors not pausing but pecking at popcorn and peanuts. They rush to the water's edge and stand and stare and murmur. Hypnotized. Blood moves slowly. Worries scatter. Liquid sun trembles on the surface where rock bass dart beneath. Sailboats glide above. Mythical water. Magical brew. The seawind captures them, re-inflates near-dead spirits The gray wind lifts with their faces and strangers say hello. Smiling, they have seen enough They peer into their wallets and swiftly turn back toward the city. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 197 [topic] => 21 [informant] => Carrie [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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