April 25, 2006

Lainie Penebaker posted this last night in the comment box for Feb 21 about the Arks in Oakland...

Imagine Sitting Astern an Old Landmark
John Barleycorn revisited
by Lainie Penebaker

The Tidal Canal once housed families on it's shores,
a colony of people living above the ocean floors.

On fishing boats the men worked the rough seas,
so they could return to feed thier families.

It's where Jack London spent many a night,
when the weather was cold and there was no moonlight.

There was always a friend on which he could rely,
and a safe place to sleep, unwind and keep dry.

Now imagine...

One day spent with him upon one ark,
and tell me you're not sitting astern an old landmark.