Apt. 16, 18th Street, Oakland

The.. sound ..-.of .cars ..down .-.18th. street
Accelerate.. into a..-beautiful ..temperature

Children…-.are laughing, no. one is ..crying
The blue…- gulls.… swing high-… overhead

Lovers….embrace ..-.next to the lemon tree
Levitate forever-..- in.the evening.. of ..love

Breadmaker’s son hands bread to everyone
Giving -.-.handshakes .in ...a ..baker’s glove

Diesel sucks in through the.bathroom vent
Knifing dangerously into.. the oxygen lines

Angry Miss Lambert -stands -out knocking
Shouting- the..police -.will arrive. on ..time

The…-. bags...of ..garbage- grow.. -and grow
Someone.. will have ...to let someone know
The ..cat’s -lying. sick- -on top the G.I. Joes
On -the -corner- lawn -.where-friends grow

Mariachi ….music -trickles ..-out like sugar
Where .blow- boys- peddle ...-bags of .grass

Gunfire- devils out -those.frightful .sounds
Ringing alive-.through the. limousine glass

Lovers -embrace..- next..to ..the lemon tree
As. -.cops-..circle ---the sky -.....-far .--above

Breadmaker’s son hands bread to everyone
Giving --handshakes .-.in---.a.baker’s-glove

Children are .laughing, no ...-..one is crying
Something’s wrong .they ...require a doctor

Children are laughing, ..-....no one is crying
Something’s -wrong they .require -a doctor

Hunched... on a table pencils .spilled about
The bags of ........garbage ...grow and …grow

Bottles are empty.his prescriptions. are out
Someone will have to let ..someone… know

The bags…… of garbage -grow ..-..and. grow
Someone will .have to let… someone. know
The…-. bags .of garbage…--. grow and. grow
Someone.-will have-to let -someone ..know

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