blinded by billboards

is the reason angelinos

think they are so relevant

is because in the city

you can’t see the stars in the sky?

 

it’s not even that well lit

where i am

but no one is looking up

there is nothing to see

 

nothing to remind you and me

about the magnitude of it all

and how our place is so infinitesimal

 

and yet stars on earth

are given worth

on a planet plagued with platitudes

 

but i digress

watching some latino girl

in her car

following a guy she must know

who is walking

while she screams at him

from her car

 

i take a drag and lose interest

thinking of when the nurse

took my blood pressure

97 over 67

showing concern

i explain it is low

cause i just don’t give a shit anymore

 

she put her hand on my shoulder

paused

then walked away

 

but again i digress

spent the day walking the beach

where the sun and the sand and the sea

had nothing to teach

 

i stared and thought about

jenny this morning

in a long t-shirt

framed over her pregnant form

and i just had to touch

until it lead to more

 

now i’ve washed away another hangover

with some lite beer

 

watching the world and all its fears

where each intersection

and the surrounding shopping centers

are an ecosystem all its own

 

no point as i roam

no point as i write

 

you walk up to me and ask for a light

i hand you my lighter and just walk away

finding no purpose in something to say

 

dark matter is making the white matter gray

theoretical physicists collect their pay

head to a bar stool and drink till their drunk

they can’t find a meaning in all that they’ve thunk

but it beats lifting heavy boxes for a living

 

and i have been watching

as poets will do

if seeing’s believing

then nothing is true

 

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