Surviving California
Skid row, marginal.
Some will call it home
Emptied for the art walk
While the missions close
Pop-up tent cities
Abounding
Birthing scant displaced humanity
As we diversify
We spill from cities
Beyond the wealth crest
Traditional boundaries
Everything meant to burn.
Thirty-year cycles
Mud pots, sandstone bluffs,
Crumble and erode
Fault lines, fortitude
Small streets
Swell into grand avenues
As we devalue
Debtors of the dream
Living oblivion
Skin-deep sun-seeking
Life in the construct that's sold
Promised land, golden state,
Sunny, blissful
No longer affordable
Surviving California
Some will call it home
Emptied for the art walk
While the missions close
Pop-up tent cities
Abounding
Birthing scant displaced humanity
As we diversify
We spill from cities
Beyond the wealth crest
Traditional boundaries
Everything meant to burn.
Thirty-year cycles
Mud pots, sandstone bluffs,
Crumble and erode
Fault lines, fortitude
Small streets
Swell into grand avenues
As we devalue
Debtors of the dream
Living oblivion
Skin-deep sun-seeking
Life in the construct that's sold
Promised land, golden state,
Sunny, blissful
No longer affordable
Surviving California
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Raposo, Joseph Cape
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