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On the sign:
THE WANT BONE
The tongue of the waves tolled in the earth’s bell. Blue rippled and soaked in the fire of blue. The dried mouthbones of a shark in the hot swale Gaped on nothing but sand on either side.
The bone tasted of nothing and smelled of nothing. A scalded toothless harp, uncrushed, unstrung. The joined arcs made the shape of birth and craving And the welded-open shape kept mouthing O.
Ossified cords held the corners together In groined spirals pleated like a summer dress. But where was the limber grin, the gash of pleasure? Infinitesimal mouths bore it away,
The beach scrubbed and etched and pickled it clean. But I love you it sings, my little my country My food my parent my child I want you my own My flower my fin my life my lightness my O.
Berklee’s poetry Walk was laid in October 2003 along Edison Street between Shattuck and Milvia Streets. The route includes 128 metal plates with excerpts from songs, each of which is related in one way or another to the city of Berkeley.
The current sign features a poem written by the American poet (1940), who also taught at the University of Berkeley
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