From The Heavens To The Hills

From the collection "Al Front: Saldado Instrúyete vol.2”

He prays he’s …

a conscious

identical to his victims’,

identified as the city’s definition of a hero

reminiscent of a once beloved refugee

ceding

“most proceed to please me

once the sun reveals

there are ghosts along Mulholland’s

eucalyptus and palm trees”

to avoid seeming resilient

to those who refuse to harness

their own desire to appease the competition

considered too harmless

to eventually claim residence up in heaven

Copyright © 2010 by Orlando G Gonzales III

from my collection

“Al Front: Saldado Instrúyete vol.2”

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Author's Note

"Interpretations are always welcome"