IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING DEAD
Adobe Creek luxury apartments,
offer 4 stunning resort style pools,
a wine room amenity, state of the art
fitness facility and a dog wash station.
A place for older folks who walk along
lonely streets, gathering like elephants
for life coming to an end.
I climb over sodden spirits of ennui
surrounded by psoriatic sycamores,
weeping willows and palm tree fronds
hanging in a brotherhood of despair.
A squadron of dragonflies swarm over
a sagging Thunderbird in a driveway
lined with stationary cement geese.
The only sign of life would be frustrated
Mariachi singers perched high on a house,
belting out old tunes about mi corazon
in the broiling heat while relentlessly
hammering a new roof in place.