Platonic Lambda Λ Arches on Mary Avenue Bridge, Cupertino, CA

Mary Avenue Bridge Beautiful— Mary Avenue Bridge spanning across Interstate 280 from Cupertino north to Sunnyvale, renamed Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge. At the south entrance by Meteor Drive you would love Larry Shank's sculptures— Red-Tailed Hawk perched on top of a post ready to pounce on the baby quails below. "S" sign on sidewalk leading to the bridge which Rudy surmised to stand for "South". Al drove us to north end on Homestead Road where we searched for the "N" sign to no avail. I recalled Confucius in Lunyu 7.8— "If I hold up one corner and a student cannot come back with the other three, I no longer go on with my lesson." Based on our actions searching for "N" sign, Confucius would not accept Rudy and me as his students, since knowing the "South" sign, the other three are known— North, East, & West. Al showed me the bridge lit up at night driving northward on Highway 85 parallel to Mary Avenue Bridge glowing sparkling dazzling diamonds in the dark. Al said "Isn't it beautiful?" I sighed "Yes!" Later, I recalled Robert Lax's "Poem 27"— "Life is not holy because it is beautiful. It is beautiful because it is holy." With Platonic Lambda Λ shape arches and number 55 "Soul of the Universe" in its address & zip code, Mary Ave Bridge is beautiful because its soul is holy.           Peter Y. Chou           Mountain View, 4-13-2015