CALOKIE
Lake
of the Angels
Sunday
morning
Exit
Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station
On
corner of Wilshire and Alvarado, street preacher in staccato Spanish
bullhorns
concrete congregation to BEHOLD
the
lamb of God who takes away EL PECADO DEL MUNDO
Who
died in your place to save you from the eternal flames
of
inferno once you accept JESUS CHRISTOS as your personal
lord
and savior
At
Intersection—
Autos
reving particles of carbon dioxide behind and upto skies
pass
by
pedestrians
walking between 99¢ Store and sidewalk vendors
oblivious
to
gospel pitch
Enter
park
Homeless
guy on grass snores under classified section of LA Times
displaying
colored photos of shining new car models for sale
Upon
MacArthur Lake in white sun glare, rest
hundreds
of seagulls poised like foreboding flock
of
Hitchcock birds
Near
center
underwater
fountain sprays jets upward as in prayer for
a
thirsty California
At
northern edge
marine
green waters lap against cement bank while bright-eyed
niño
in fading Laker tee tosses tortilla bits to gray gosling
web-peddling
before mama
On
grassy knoll
on
western end, revolutionary Marxist group begins setting up tables for
free
food distribution
Walk
across Parkview
to
UCLA Downtown Labor Center for study session,
"Converging
Storms 2014: The Crisis of Energy,
Capitalism
and Environment"
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