6 August 1945

A VOLCANO IN KYSUSHU

Mount Aso   uplands
horses, rimrock

        the sightseeing buses crameed,
        to veiw bare rock, brown grass,
                         space,
        sulphrey cliffs, streakt snow.
    --whiffing the fumaroles
a noseless, shiny,
mouth-twisted middle aged man.

blue jeans, check shirt, silver buckle,
J. Robert Oppenheimer:
      twenty years ago
      watching the bulldozers
        tearing down pines
          at Los Alamos.

Gary Snyder

Fiesta Has Arrived!

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Every August Fiesta (Old Spanish Days) takes place in nearby Santa Barbara here on the South Coast. Three days of nonstop partying for many - three days to stay away from downtown for many more.