Brightness falls from the Ayre

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Stunning sky tonight @berkeleyside: image via Avram Goldstein @newsdoc, 29 February 2016

That glancing silver band upon the Bay
shimmered, and the light that lay out on the shining sands
gleamed, as the tide went down, and the German
Shepherds were leaning out the windows of the SUVs
at the stoplight, straining
to attack, and that
was that. The tail lights in a long red line

Two blanco gangstuz w/multi tats roared up the sidewalk
on stretched out low riding motorized POS
I objected, they laughed and gunned their motors.

There went the waste of a perfectly good
three quarters of a century but regret not yet
take her up tenderly, lift her with care
over the threshold.

In the shadow light
I walked through the long school room questioning
a kind of old nun in a white hood replied...    

TRAFFIC ALERT: 10-vehicle collision including bus in Berkeley along I-80, injuries.: image via NBC Bay Area @nbcbayarea, 29 February 2016

 

Stephen Curry, No. 30, celebrates with teammates after making the game-winning 3-pointer against the Thunder Saturday night: photo by J Pat Carter via The New York Times, 28 February 2016

 

   

Stephen Curry, No. 30, celebrates with teammates after making the game-winning 3-pointer against the Thunder Saturday night: photo by J Pat Carter via The New York Times, 28 February 2016

A woman lies on the ground in Mytilene, on the northern island of Lesbos, Greece, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey: photo by Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse, 29 February 2016

 

Stranded refugees try to take down a fence along the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni, Greece. The refugees were angry over restrictions on travel.: photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters, 29 February 2016
 
 

Stranded refugees try to take down a fence along the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni, Greece. The refugees were angry over restrictions on travel.: photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters, 29 February 2016
 

A refugee watches a shelter burn at a camp in Calais, France, where refugees were told to leave after a French court upheld their expulsion: photo by Laurent Dubrule/European Pressphoto Agency, 29 February 2016

Supporters at a campaign event at Radford University in Virginia wear T-shirts of Donald J. Trump, a Republican presidential candidate.: photo by Damon Winter/The New York Times, 29 February 2016

A woman in Dallas holds up a picture of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, not long before a rally for the Republican presidential hopeful: photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times, 29 February 2016

A Hillary Clinton supporter cheers at a rally at the Old South Meeting House in Boston: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 29 February 2016

A Hillary Clinton supporter cheers at a rally at the Old South Meeting House in Boston: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 29 February 2016

Models wear clothing by Giorgio Armani at Milan Fashion Week: photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto via The New York Times, 29 February 2016

Models wear clothing by Giorgio Armani at Milan Fashion Week: photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto via The New York Times, 29 February 2016

 U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts to supporters as he arrives to a campaign event in Radford, Virginia: photo by Chris Keane/Reuters, 29 February 2016

Workers and police officers clear part of the ‘jungle’ migrant camp on in Calais, France. The French authorities have begun dismantling part of the migrant encampment in the northern French town of Calais and relocating people to purpose-built accommodation nearby.: photo by Carl Court via FT Photo Diary, 29 February 2016

 A refugee pours water over a woman who collapsed after losing her child during a mass panic, after Macedonian police used tear gas against refugees at the Greek-Macedonian near the village of Idomeni.: photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP, 29 February 2016

Indian workers carry a bag containing copies of the federal budget for the year 2016-17, that will be distributed to lawmakers at the parliament house in New Delhi, India.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 29 February 2016

A girl holds a bag with clothes outside the old international airport, which is being used as a shelter for refugees and migrants, in Athens. Greece said the number of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000, as a cap on border crossings by Balkan countries left them “trapped” in the country.: photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP, 29 February 2016

R2-D2 and C-3PO pose backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles: photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, 29 February 2016