<i> Cafe' Trieste, North Beach, San Francisco, was a birthing site of much 'beat poetry', and remains a gathering place for artists.</i> <br /> <br />Cafe' Trieste, SF, <br />magnetic north for a poet, <br />every place is south from here. <br /> <br />Ferlinghetti stares at me <br />from his picture on the wall. <br /> <br />Funny I feel this way, <br />it's not <i>my</i> myth. <br />at least I didn't think it was. <br /> <br />No where to go from here, <br />not the cover of AMERICAN POET, <br />not even the title 'poet laureate'— <br /> <br />a $2 cup of black coffee's the ticket, <br />the funky jazz and the buzz of voices, <br />who even cares what they're saying, <br /> <br /><i>I'm here.</i><br /><br />Max Reif<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cafe-trieste/
