A Day in the Life of City College
by Elizabeth Mims
my debut begins at noon
I lock the locks
check the mail
survive the hardhats
wave to George’s Market
buy my cheese at the health food store
make the island just in time to miss the K
pay my dues to the muni
join the conglomerate collage
hump the tracks
write tribal danced letters
walk the mile
eat the fog
steady my opinion against floating philosophy
find a hair on my cheese
seduce my books
render my body
hump the tracks
discard the stale
unlock the locks
climb the stairs
and take a
bath
“A Day in the Life of City College,” by Elizabeth Mims originally published in Mild Perversions ([Forum] 1974, City College of San Francisco).
The Little I Know About Elizabeth
Born Elizabeth Mimski, she was in my first creative writing class that was taught by John Madden. She liked poetry that was “sensual.” I didn’t know here outside of class, but I admired her free spirit.
I got to witness the joy of watching her streak through the streets of San Francisco, naked and clearly having fun. I didn’t see her doing that in person. It was part of of an underground movie that we watched in a private session in our campus theater, hosted by teacher, H Brown Miller.
She also wrote a short story called “House of Joy” which was about her experience as a masseuse and worked downtown. I dropped in one time, only to say hi. I just happened to be living around the corner at the time at the O’Farrell Hotel.
She may have written and published a chapbook of her poetry title “Tongue” which was published by Jungle Press in San Francisco in 1975.
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