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American Summer

Poems written while traveling.

Interstate 405 


Out of the valley—the evening heat.
Through the Santa Monica Mountains
to the tall, cramped village:

the fast heart of the west side—
brake lights and the bright names
of conglomerates on the night skyline.

Four glasses of the house red:
Chuck's Steak House on Ventura Blvd.
Out of the valley—through the mountains.

Brake lights near the airport, hotels
walling the approach.  Brake lights.
Constriction and interchange.

Sunday night in Sherman Oaks.
Sunday night in Laguna Canyon.
Monday morning in San Clemente.




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