poemranker ::Poor Hollywood by zzaj

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Free verse № 3370

Poor Hollywood

Member since 2002 · Posted 8 Jul 2002 · Edited 8 Jul 2002 · 1 comment

There are thunderheads over Hollywood Even the smog feels tense Lightning, and the palms with their feet deep beneath Doheny start freaking out. Poor Hollywood. Poor weeping palms. Here, the sun never sets; it's the dark that grows brighter, eating the innocence of the day while the monkeys shake their cages in the bio labs at UCLA.

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[n/a] poetandknowit 14-Aug-02/10:28 AM Reply
Some of the images are clever - "smog feels tense, dark that grows brighter," but the poem ultimately loses me in the end.