An L.A. Summation
Arriving from Canada, sleeping on sofas,
A hundred concerts
Four full time jobs,
A dozen freelance ones.
The death of two parents
A cat's ashes scattered at sea.
Holidays unnoticed
Never-changing weather pattern.
Sepulveda looks like Centinela.
The menace of Venice's homeless
Expand through the city like a traffic jam.
An amusement park event.
One horse ride to a mountain top.
A family reunion.
A marriage.
Things that went right.
Hospital stay.
Broken windows, protests and violence.
Fires and gunshots.
Fireworks that sounded like gunshots.
Gunshots that sounded like fireworks.
Things that went wrong.
And then sitting witness
To the bioluminescent blue Pacific.
The last allure before the luster leaves.
The last exit before you're stuck.
Now surrounded by boxes
Marked "dishes, clothes and Misc."
Kittens snore atop Mount Cardboard.
Soon heading East like an
Okie without a compass,
Choking in an emotional dust bowl,
Preparing for launch into the unforeseeable.
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