poem (the paint is sighing)

poem (the paint is sighing)

The paint is signing for the wood
Which seems enjoyable
compared to the entire L.A. basin
The Huntington was once an avocado
also a citrus ranch. From above
the freeway is a necklace, rubies
and diamonds. This is real estate.
The flux of movement from one
room to the other is . . .Where are 
the dowdy bathers? First in the West.

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