Wish I was in LA

wish I was in LA
inhaling a different death
quicker & irrelevant
bored & tempted to run...
here only standstill helps
standstill only
makes it
work...

will catch the nearest plane
& move towards a brighter death...
not the one on cockroach bed
pesticide meadow
thin cold water
meth
but the one where moths are free
to feast on my eyes
& suck out my Pollack
brainstain

the one where pope won't come to visit
and June will last forever...

wish I was in LA
with a tapestry of dormant will
boogaloo
flower
inhaling a different gift

been wearing this death for too long
a brighter one might help...

there, at LA's suburbs
a strawberry lady's waiting
w/ her black/pink poodle
puddle

with a different kind of zoo

how I wish I was in LA
the one in the back of my brain