Contemplating Hell, as I once heard it, My brother Shelley found it to be a place Much like the city of London. I, Who do not live in London, but in Los Angeles, Find, contemplating Hell, that is Must be even more like Los Angeles.
Also in Hell, I do not doubt it, there exist these opulent gardens With flowers as large as trees, wilting, of course, Very quickly, if they are not watered with very expensive water. And fruit markets With great leaps of fruit, which nonetheless
Possess neither scent nor taste. And endless trains of autos, Lighter than their own shadows, swifter than Foolish thoughts, shimmering vehicles, in which Rosy people, coming from nowhere, go nowhere. And houses, designed for happiness, standing empty, Even when inhabited.
Even the houses in Hell are not all ugly. But concern about being thrown into the street Consumes the inhabitants of the villas no less Than the inhabitants of the barracks.
--- Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Mark wrote:
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> >Yesterday I had to drive into downtown Los
> >Angeles from the south, via Interstate 5. The
> >sheer ugliness of the landscape I drove through
> >_ South Central El Lay _ staggers the mind. It
> >is a cliché to call it a vision of Hell, but
> >clichés are clichés because they are substantially
> true.
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> Every morning I drive into downtown Los Angeles
> via myriad routes. And during the week I drive
> all over Los Angeles. Sometimes the sheer beauty
> of the landscape I drive through takes my breath
> away.
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