Sausalito Trash Prayer

Sausalito,
            Little Willow,
Perfect Beach by the last Bay in the World,
            None more beautiful,

Today we kneel at thy feet
            And curse the men who have misused you.

  — Lew Welch (1926 - 1971[?]), American Beat poet who disappeared in May 1971, presumed to have committed suicide. His body was never found.

Willows of the East Gate

Eastgate’s willows …
leaves full of dawn light.
Evening it was we set to meet: now
morning star is gazing bright.

Eastgate’s willow
leaves are emptied of the moonlight,
evening was our rendezvous.
Now morning star: and cutting shafts of sunlight.

  — From the Shih Ching, author unknown.