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Poem 8 from my chapbook "As Glamorous as a Kidney"

By TestPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Los Angeles (Photo by Author)

The lights of that filthy city

Sparks a small bit of happiness

Inside me.

I can’t explain why.

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L.A

{

Where the seraphim live.

Where the suits come and go each

Day to make their bread.

Where the crack heads roam and

Bums are sheltered by tents.

Where the dream lives and dies.

{

Driving up the freeway.

As I approach this place I always

Scope the buildings outline

And the thousands of windows shining

From them.

I begin to feel excited

The closer I come, and once I’m

Surrounded by these structures from

The left to right, I'm content.

{

Los Angeles.

A filthy city with a beautiful face.

Words will never be capable of

Describing what it means to me

}

Filter to April 6, 2017

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