Frogs near the Navarro River, March 12, 2014

The Intersubjectivity of Existence

inspired by the glow following the fourth Cosmology of Love conference at the California Institute of Integral Studies (ciis.edu) on April 14-15, 2012

Ocean beach

The man I often see in front of Whole Paycheck,
hawking Street Spirit for that elusive "honest dollar,"
says to me, "Hey there, hippie girl, I love you, too!"
his toothless grin free of gin but sopping with sorrow...
and I wonder how he mistook me. Was it my hair?
Unwashed? Was I free of bodily sin? And again:
I can't complain. Life in San Francisco Bay glitters,
its heart of gold beating my chest now...as I've
begun an affair with the mountain they call Diablo
(lord of Contra Costa County)
Supplicant to his desires, her broad hips
slipping up to surround me
I part my lips
and remember
how to
breathe

Erica Jones 42