H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

FRANCISCO X. ALARCON

Memorial

“The Pacific Garden Mall

as we know it, ceased to exist

at 5:04 today.”

––Mardi Wormhoudt

Mayor of Santa Cruz

October 17, 1989

do towns

suffer

like people

heartattacks

do buildings

get scared

too and try

to run

do steel

frames

get twisted

out of pain

do windows

break

because

they can’t cry

do walls let

themselves go

just

like that

and lie on

sidewalks

waiting

to be revived

is this how

old places

give birth

to new places?