Jun 2022
to the ever rotten glory of drying rats
at the entrance of a drain in L.A
they scurry like acrobats making the tight rope
electrical wire journey in a few seconds
"wow, look at them go!" spills out of an apartment window
it might as well be talking about the rats and not horse races
fluffy like your neighbor's dog, scruffy
elegant only in the way our wobbly daughter completes
her kindergarten ballet practice
these rats could be gloriously nimble chefs
the sticky finger you get after summer watermelon bites
I bet these rats get after pulling apart market bags of garbage
to find food is this new Los Angeles landscape that the 1850 compromise exacerbated along
at the entrance of a drain in L.A
they scurry like acrobats making the tight rope
electrical wire journey in a few seconds
"wow, look at them go!" spills out of an apartment window
it might as well be talking about the rats and not horse races
fluffy like your neighbor's dog, scruffy
elegant only in the way our wobbly daughter completes
her kindergarten ballet practice
these rats could be gloriously nimble chefs
the sticky finger you get after summer watermelon bites
I bet these rats get after pulling apart market bags of garbage
to find food is this new Los Angeles landscape that the 1850 compromise exacerbated along
point of arrival:
what I want to convey
rats as nocturnal animals that have seen the boats, the cities, and the people change as an entry point California history that addresses the slavery of native American population, the racial mixture of the Californios/ Atla California history, then annexation into U.SA in 1850 .
what I want to convey
rats as nocturnal animals that have seen the boats, the cities, and the people change as an entry point California history that addresses the slavery of native American population, the racial mixture of the Californios/ Atla California history, then annexation into U.SA in 1850 .
