Murals

1965
I am 19
Visiting my
Friend Paul’s
Family in Mexico
City living for a few
Weeks with his sister’s
Family and spending time
When not in the Museo de
Antropologia looking for
Murals around the city.
Diego Rivera’s history
Of Mexico, Rufino
Tamayo’s mural
Of the struggle
Of elements,
Siqueiros,
Orozco.
Diego
Rivera’s
Murals are
Numerous and
Powerful in scope
Leaving me with the
Urge to see his work in
The Coit Tower on Telegraph
Hill in San Francisco a dream of
Mine as yet unfulfilled as the
Murals have been closed
To the public the times
I’ve been in the city
Though one day
I hope to feel
Them thrill
Me with
Their
Paean to
The workers
Not the saints.