Liquefaction

(November 2022. Hollywood Forever Cemetary, Los Angeles.)

Liquefaction

In the private garden of the dead
Which is forever public
The city of angels can do nothing
But grow

When the quake comes the garden will hang
Babylon by a vine
And slide into peace
The violent dream of the sea

The white crane paces closer
Any second the tense earth could crack
Class sliding down upon class collapsing
Down along the once valuable Hollywood Hills