we can get up
dress early, drive
somewhere
further than Burbank
away from the beach
into the sun
beyond Pomona
and visit Colton
hub of industry
center of progress
we could stop
at the Crash Inn
for smokes, lunch
and drinks
as I point out
homes and bridges
that my father built
but are now just echoes
and the Target store
that now stands vacant
where the hospital was
long ago when I was born
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