Thoughts on Seattle                                
                                
                                
                 Westin, North Tower, Room 3036
                (Seattle, at Night -- 11/29/93)

          Seattle, at night
          wrapped up in its cocoon
          of cloud-reflected light;
          a sodium glow
          pierced by an occasional aircraft flight.
          
          no gunshots, no sirens,
          no street brawls, no fights
          is Seattle at night.
                                   
                                
                           In Seattle
               (the night before home -- 12/4/93)

          Sizzle, sazzle Seattle.
          headlights snaking endlessly into Seattle.
          I'm trying hard to hold it together
          on the night before home.
          
          I feel like I've been living
          in a different quantum state,
          here in the west coast time zone.




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