I Left My Heart
I Left My Heart
by Ferris Gilli and Michael Dylan Welch
First published in Hedgerow #139, 2022, page 20. Originally written by email from December 2014 to January 2017.
Alcatraz wind
a young otter unrolls
from the kelp leaf Ferris
bicycle brakes squealing
down Lombard Street Michael
girls loudly discuss
the shape of Coit Tower—
noonday fog Ferris
a long line
for Ghirardelli chocolates—
the busker’s song Michael
turning the cable car around
at Powell and Market Ferris
Pier 39 sunset—
dogs and seals
bark at each other Michael