More a series of thoughts

I’ve never been to Los Angeles
except in photos and
of-course movies
so many TV shows and films
in fact
should know it
like the back of my hand

So
it’s difficult to get my bearings
with Wilshire Boulevard and MGM Studios
in the Hollywood hills
ringing in my mind’s eye and ear
the Pacific Palisades is a new one for me
as well as all the other areas
the Santa Ana winds have so far
and continue to set ablaze

So surreal the destruction
the only way it really hit home
was when the Canadian Weather Network
superimposed the amount of area destroyed
over a map of Ottawa
easily stretching from one end of
the city to the other
and as far south as South Keys
where I live

I have poet friends who live in LA
so far they’ve all checked in as “safe”
so maybe this is a good place to end
this series of thoughts
that came out in the form of a poem


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01/17/2025

Posted on 01/17/2025
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