The screaming ambulance passes
mother and child at the crosswalk.
Our neighbor stands in his driveway
bathed in gray sun. The illuminated lemon
tree waits quietly for the children wearing
backpacks on a school day.
Cars wait impatiently for them to pass.
A police cruiser stalks its prey
near the dreary liquor store across
the street from the dirty motel.
The congested high-rise freeway
looms near the intersection of life.
The abandoned hospital is now
a movie set. The film crew loiters
on the street as the nearby church
of our faith remains unchanged.
Apartments surround the aging diner
while the corpse of the mall decays
into slow ruin. Jets and private planes
fly back and forth like rock doves.
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