OLD SACRAMENTO is a Sunny Day in yes, Old Sacramento....impressions about a place that has changed and changed...and yet, has not changed at all....

OLD SACRAMENTO

Old Sacramento
Older Buildings: new kids there
Order Ice Cream Shakes

There: History Is
No one sees it quite alive
Looks dead, in person

Cobblestones racket
Uneven and stone, so hard
Tires rattle, too

The Delta Queen sits
In River Bottom silt, mud -
No where left to go

Trash is Fun to buy -
Breaks right away, but who cares
Old is Old, not New

History - hers, too
Military Museum Dust
Honor Bright and True

Railroad Cars, Engines -
This is Wonderful and Huge:
Dining Cars are Best

Wooden sidewalks clack -
All are raised - travel is slow
Down the street: click, clack

Horse-drawn white buggy
Up and down and up and down
Old Streets in these times

Historic Plaques shine -
Brass and Fine Words tell Stories
Some of Us can hear

Old Sacramento...
No Antique Stores anymore
Fake Old Photo Shoots....

Leaving off the Bridge -
Huge New Buildings - Pyramids!
Back to mountains now....