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# 消防署ーfire station
- URL: https://balse.ghost.io/xiao-fang-shu-fire-station/
- Published: 2026-08-08T20:43:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-09T22:43:32.000Z
- Description: photo and poetry from a morning in Venice Beach, California
- Author: Charles Balse
- Tags: Resonance

[**33°59'46.8"N 118°28'40.5"W**](https://maps.app.goo.gl/s46JeHHDGK6Yta1d8?ref=balse.ghost.io)  
**accompanied listening -** [**Remember the sea - Ocoeur**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD4mceZArFQ1g&start%5Fradio=1&v=4mceZArFQ1g&ref=balse.ghost.io)

かつて消防署だった佇まいは

この配色に

朝8時の光の差し方にまで考えをめぐらせたかどうか

艶やかで

ふくよかで

心地良い

昨夜の喧騒はどこへとやら

まだ二組しかいないこの店内から

ベニスビーチの

軒先を行き交う者は皆西へ

西へ西へと

微風のように

漂うのを

目の前にゆるく暖かく広がるパンケーキにバターを塗り、

なかなか出渋るシロップに

あのブロックの向こうの太平洋の

砂浜遥か高くから

望む、オンショア、

涼しく

空

旋回し

続けるカモメ

遥か海の彼方

夢見るカモメ

その翼に

飛び込む

風

The presence of what was once a firehouse—

Did someone think through this color scheme,

down to the exact way the 8:00 AM light falls inside?

Glossy,

rich,

deeply comfortable.

Where did last night's noise disappear to?

From inside this place, with only two tables occupied,

All passing the eaves of Venice Beach moves west—

west, and further west,

drifting like a gentle breeze.

Spreading butter over the warm, soft pancake relaxing before me,

and coaxing out the hesitant syrup.

Just beyond that block, high above the sandy beach

of the Pacific—

looking out over the onshore wind,

cool,

the sky,

a seagull circling

without end.

Far across the ocean’s horizon,

a dreaming seagull,

the wind

diving into its wings.