Peter’s Gate

WE ENTER
PETER’S GATE
BY WAY OF THANKS
OF TWO HUGE
WOODEN PLANKS
NAILED TOGETHER
MANY MOONS AGO,
WITH STRONG PRIVATE
ARMS AND A SMILE
(OR SO)…
AND BUILT
TO ESCHEW
UNWANTED
VISITORS
IT SEEMS,
QUIETLY
LYING
IN BEAUTIFUL
DREAMS
ON A
LOVELY OLD
ROAD
AND HOUSES
POSTED
ON LANQUID
LOTS
WITH GREENERY
AMISDT
THE SCENERY
AND ROSES
IN POTS,
THE PURPOSE
OF VISITING
BECOMES
VERY CLEAR
DURING A SEASON
OF BEAUTY
AND CHEER:
THESE ABODES
HAVE SETTLED
INTO THEIR PLACE
QUITE LONG
AGO
AND HARD
TO ERASE
ANY KIND OF
NEW STUFF,
PREFERING
THE OLDEN
LOOK,
LIKE ONE FOR
A DICKENS BOOK,
AND SOON
I STAND
BY A LOVELY
HEDGE
WITH A SMILE
FOR THE CAMERA
AND A CERTAIN
PLEDGE
BECAUSE IT’S
NEAR CHRISTMAS
AND WE ARE
AMAZED
AT THE BALMY
SOFT BREEZES
ON A SUNNY
PAGE,
HOPPING INTO
THE BIG WHITE
VAN
IT DRIVES US
ALL OVER
BECAUSE IT CAN,
WITH SIGNS
ON THE SIDE
INFERRING THE
PRIDE
OF TWO
HAPPY GUESTS
ON A BIG
CAMERA QUEST:
THE FANS LOVE
TO SEE
WHO IS SMILING
WITH GLEE,
IT’S PART OF
THE ART
OF A NOTED
BOOKWRITER,
THE CHOICES
OF OTHERS

IGNIGHTED/
DELIGHTED
WONDERING
WHEN
THE ADVENTURE
CONTINUES
BETWEEN
THE PAGES
AND BIG SUR
CENTURES
FEATURE
SCOUNDRELS
AND RAGES,
OR IS IT REAL
THIS CRAZY
TALE
A WOMAN’S
ADVENTURE
BEYOND
THE PALE,
WHILE LITTLE
RED FOOTSTEPS
APPROACH
A PILE
OF OLDER
DÉCOR
WITH A
SUBTLE SMILE,
“OH BOY”
SAYS SHE
“WHAT A MYSTERY
AND JUST
WHAT WE NEED
TO SNAZZ UP
OUR CHRISTMAS
SOME RED AND GREEN…
SHINY BRIGHT
AND CLEAN
READY TO TRAVEL
UNWRAVLING
THE SCENE”,
SHE POSES
HE SHOOTS,
SHE SMILES
HE LAUGHS
IT’S ALWAYS
MORE FUN
IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND SURELY
YOU KNOW
THIS KIND OF THING
IS ALWAYS
SOME JOY
AND MEANT
FOR A KING,
SLOWLY
MEANDERING
UP THE HILL
WAITING A BIT
FOR THE SEASONAL
THRILL
IN A PLACE
WHERE WE NOTE
NOT A FACE
OR A VOTE,
THEY ALL MUST
BE GONE
TO SING
SANTA’S SONG
WITH THE FOLKS
IN REMOTE,
WHILE WE
MAKE OUR WAY
HAPPILY LAUGHING
ON THIS SHINY PLAY,
ONE THAT REMINDS
US
OF EARLIER DAYS,
WHEN WE
WERE YOUNG
AND THE ORNAMENTS
HUNG,
PEEKING AT GIFTS
WAITING IN
AWE
FOR THE PROMISED
DELIVERY
OF SMILES
AND DELIGHT,
COMING UP SOON
ON THE SWEET
CHRISTMAS NIGHT!