CALIFORNIA
Adolf P. Shvedchikov
We are driving day after day
Along the ocean, among dry hills
Changing cities, crossing freeways,
Turning tirelessly our wheels.
We forgot about the tourist guide–
Golden Gate Bridge,
Disneyland.
I discover a primordial, wild,
Unpredictable desert
land.
Oh, my dream, realized El
Dorado,
Everything in your life you require.
But there are earthquakes, floods, tornados,
Even a dangerous brush fire...
San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria,
Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Cruz.
How different you are, California,
You can be violent or you can soothe.