Neighborhoods in L.A.

(c) 2004 Aire Celeste Norell

nice neighborhoods are tolerable at night in the dark, jungle-like residents tucked away aggravating opulence hidden by perfuming shrubs cars rendered anonymous no one is afraid of dogs everyone is afraid of dogs in bad neighborhoods sidewalks ripple with feet-tripping cracks jolly pitbulls help themselves to garbage lucky dogs locked behind driveway fences cats socialize in the dark ice cream wrappers collect in your yard pedestrians watch you helicopters mock you like giant floating leafblowers persistent as picnic wasps or late-night TV commercials hovering over the sparse trees on your street