“I feel a little guilty,” someone said
to me last week, “because I don’t attend
events this place is famous for. Instead
I stick to home, avoiding traffic, spend
my weekends in my yard, my neighborhood,
my livingroom.”
I boggled at his words.
Yes costs are high, and entertainment’s good,
but I contend his guilty claim’s absurd.

Nobody lives here for the games and shows.
And while we’re graced with great topography,
the secret every San Franciscan knows
is we enjoy benign humidity
and temperature; our blessing and our pride
is weather that invites a soul outside.