In the event of
stretching my legs
I'll see the half moon
on the blue afternoon sky
and a Christian education center
and some LA bumper stickers
I'll be blinking at Valencia's
suspiciously healthy grass
so glowing green that
I'm ready for a dinosaur
don't people know
that worrying doesn't get you
to the place you're worrying about
not getting to?
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why do I feel like I know
essentially
how to be alive?
I mean
one step at a time
but
don't worry
walking around sweater
tied around my waist
not loving my outfit
not wearing a bra
how old do they think I am?
horrible things don't
need to happen in order
for someone to be worth listening to
right?
the man behind me
is on a motor scooter
I think because he can't walk
and he's listening to an audio book
out loud
LeRoi Jones said it
ghosts
of after school figures
who live here?
toddlers wearing jeans...
middle schoolers wearing
big backpacks and new
primary colors
cool authority
with an earring
cul-de-sac-ville
Old Course way
a shooter somewhere
a lockdown
a big belly
sunglasses and
fancy flip flops
meaningless shadows
Novela way
bikey boys
doors without windows
Dorado drive
Merry Pope
Chimney Rock road
it's not what it sounds like
gridded shrubs
who's who's
this attitude
this "bridge"
"this" place!
my man on the scooter
seeing it all the same?
unless he's blind or
Avenida jolita
has this park ever been dangerous?
a shooter somewhere
they're taking a video
a girl with a spray bottle
on the basketball court
pretty sisters smile at me
on their after school bike ride
what do they know?
I'm "very interested"
in gum spots and pretty sisters
a shady non-bench
a barking squirrel
let the sun be inside of me
let the flies be in front of me
positioned near a pool
outside it's gate so
alone in the day that
I'm calling attention
to my legs if I stretch them
