Little heroes of the dead
Found a nickle instead
And bought a Borden half & half
Orange Sherbert & vanil milk
Trod the pavements
Of unfall Frisco
Waiting for its earthquake
To waver houses men
And streets to spindle
Drift to fall at Third
Street Number 6-15
Where Bank now stands
Jack London was born
And saw gray rigging
At the 'barcadero
Pier, His bier
commemorated in marble
To advertise the stone
Of vaults where money rots.