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In San Francisco my only friend was the bottle, everyone else had let me down (or so it seemed)Â…
IÂ’d buy cheese-spread for crackers and sandwiches, wash it down with a coke or a beerÂ…
Walk around Castro Valley, half drunk, looking at queers; out to North Beach and even Golden Gate Park, play some ball, watch the hippies build fires.
I dare not drink during the week (after one test run), IÂ’d get too thirsty and never make it home.
On Saturdays I went to the movies, they cost $1.25 for threeÂ… and it seemed IÂ’d always bring back home to my apartment (afterwards) those damn fleesÂ…
But expensive movies I couldnÂ’tÂ’ afford, so there IÂ’d stay, watching the movie, in the dark, as unforeseen noises came, I was not used of: breathing hard all around me: groans, moans, people masturbating, young and old (it was a new and weird world for me, at twenty-one);
Some winos had bottles in their hands, whores trying to make them pay and climax; and their I was in the middle of all this, watching a movie for kicks—boredom: eating chicken legs, wings, and breasts: watching the movies as it all digests…!
Note: A true account of some of the authorÂ’s days in San Francisco in 1968-69. 2/25/06 #1249
In Spanish
Translated by Nancy Penaloza
San Francisco Soledad
(1968-1969)
En San Francisco mi única amiga fue la botella, todos los demás
Me habÃan dejado de lado (o asà parecÃa)-
Yo comprarÃa queso-untado para galleta salada y bocadillos, rociándolo con una coca o una cervezaÂ…Â…Â….
Pasear por el Valle de Castro, medio ebrio, mirando maricones; afuera de la playa norte y aun del portón dorado del parque, jugar algo de pelota, ver a los hippies prender fuego.
No me atrevÃa a beber durante la semana (después de un ensayo) tendrÃa demasiada sed y jamás hacerlo en casa.
Los Sábados, iba al cine, ello costaba &1.25 por tresÂ… y esto significaba que yo siempre regresarÃa a mi apartamento (después) de esas malditas huidas.
Pero pelÃculas caras yo no podÃa pagar, entonces allà yo estarÃa, viendo el cine, en la oscuridad, mientras imprevistos ruidos venÃan, yo no estaba acostumbrado, respirando fuerte todos alrededor mÃo: gemidos, quejas, gente masturbándose, jóvenes y viejos (este era un nuevo y extraño mundo para mi, a mis 21 años).
Algunos alcohólicos de vino tenÃan botellas en sus manos, prostitutas tratando de hacerles pagar y orgasmos; y allà yo estaba en el medio de todo esto, viendo la pelÃcula por placeres aburridos: comiendo piernas de pollo, alas, y pechos: viendo las pelÃculas como todo asimiladoÂ…!
Nota: un relato real de algunos dÃas del autor en San Francisco en 1968-69. 2/25/06 # 1249
See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Poeta Laureado de San Jeronimo de Tunan, Peru
See Dennis’ new book in Spanish and English, “Poetic Images Out of Peru,” at http://www.bn.com or http://www.Alibria.com
GIULIANA ALVARADO CON URGENCIA YANAPUMA
