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The Changing Light
The changing light at San Francisco
is none of your East Coast light
none of your
pearly light of Paris
The light of San Francisco
is a sea light
an island light
And the light of fog
blanketing the hills
drifting in at night
through the Golden Gate
to lie on the city at dawn
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "The Changing Light." Reprinted with the permission of the author. All rights reserved.
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