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Unpacking words, she spreads them out Like cards that might reveal something Hidden. There’s no room for your doubt. Unpacking her words, they fan out Into a hand, neat, clear of rings. Unpacking those words, she spreads them out Beyond speech. Until they can sing. _____ Mark J. Mitchell studied writing and medieval literature at…

In defense of Pier 39. May it rise after the pandemic kitschier than ever FacebookTwitterEmail Richard Nixon. The Zodiac Killer. The Embarcadero Freeway. The Oil Crisis. The Bee Gees. Nothing else from the 1970s got worse reviews in the pages of The San Francisco Chronicle than Pier 39. The waterfront tourist center, upon its arrival in 1978, the greatest existential crisis in the city’s history — larger than an earthquake and fire that destroyed half of San Francisco in 1906. (For all ...