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\"At<\/a>

At dawn on March 3, 2003, sailors stand for attention on the deck of the USS Nimitz as it departs Naval Base Coronado to support ground forces already in the State o Kuwait that would soon invade the Republic of Iraq. \u00a92003 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n

New York-<\/strong> A brief homage to San Diego, my favorite city in the world.<\/p>\n

San Diego is many things. It is a place where one can take a mere footstep from the first world to the third world. It is the world’s busiest border crossing. It is a military town that is a heart of the military-industrial complex. It was home to two of the 9\/11 hijackers. It was home to Anwar al-Awlaki who was extrajudicially killed in a drone assassination in Yemen on September 30, 2011. San Diego is the heartland of skateboard culture. And surfing and tattooing and classic cars and punk rock. It is often overlooked by Angelenos but beloved by visiting Australians where it reminds them of Brisbane or Melbourne. It is equally politically conservative and politically corrupt.<\/p>\n

The following is a poem I wrote in landlocked Central Asia just after 9\/11.<\/p>\n

City at the edge of the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the ocean sits a city<\/p>\n

At the foot of the mountains resides a people<\/p>\n

Bridging worlds is a quiescent metropolis<\/p>\n

Going unnoticed in the shadow Los Angeles<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Near no war but not without conflict<\/p>\n

Los Pobres dying to get into it<\/p>\n

Where midwesterners seek a new life<\/p>\n

And southern recruits yearn to start over<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The city that sleeps shall not be short of \u00a0calm leeway<\/p>\n

Full moon shining huge over the wide night freeway<\/p>\n

Halfway around the world I place my home in the ideal<\/p>\n

And when I watch the sunset from the cliffs rest assured it is very real<\/p>\n

\"Families<\/a>

Families big adieu to the USS Nimitz-nuclear-powered aircraft carrier-as it heads to the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf region on March 3, 2003 in preparation for Operation Enduring Freedom. \u00a92003 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n

\"On<\/a>

On July 4th, 2003, Charles Rhyu ollies over the cascading fountain of the Jonas Salk Institute of Biological Studies deigned by famed architect Louis Kahn in La Jolla, California, With the security being what is was, only on a major holiday could we have pulled off such a stunt in an otherwise off-limits locale. \u00a92003 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n

\"On<\/a>

On the morning of October 25, 2003, I awoke to find my city engulfed in smoke and ash from the Cedar Fire that began raging in northeast San Deigo County. Even paradise has its bad days. Apocalyptic would have been an understatement. \u00a92003 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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