south central's

south central's



factory gold rushes of the 40’s

southerners corralled

bread basket of armaments

promise of middle class

wars won – factories lost

crime for food

drugs for mood

blockbusting

head-splitting

third world station

of a united nation

neighborhoods sliced in two

by freeway divides

tension

tinder

human earth quake eruptions

watts and 1992

holly-hood

crips and bloods

murder land central

land of the free

home of the lost

bridges built in deserts

in far off zones

as buildings crumble

in our own south central-land homes



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