Ain’t Nothing like a Bay Area Partayyyy 

astroturf piss puddle

on gentrified rooftop patio

mere feet from expensive alcohol I can't pronounce

social swirl 

slideshow 

clumsy face-dancer 

stumbling between sacred circles

men

with younger girlfriends 

holstered at their hips

reminding them that identity politics is important

wet rail

seeps through velvet jacket

slow-blooming soggy elbow patch 

still too cool to stand up straight

my clipped cadence like clopping horse

unbelonging in

sleek sports car conversation

electronic vape smoke mingle through SF mist

commodified incense offered to the crypto gods

as I pull out my CBD cigarettes

I smoke them because they're healthy

they judge me for that

so backwards, so self-destructive

shaming smiles and averted eyes

Flick the ashes onto rooftops below

share light-hearted laugh at their expense

with Tesla Coder and Co. 

ember flutters

trickle-down economics

onto homeless man guarding the front-door buzzer

blanket wrapped tight, like Mission district burrito

offensive comparison, I know

Prep school-graduates shudder 

The silent toll they bear so valiantly 

as he stirs in his sleep