abandoned and isolated
upside

Banning
Watts
space
escape
complaint
lack of restraint
completely out of line
survival
daily needs
take up all the time
it's tough to make a dime
low pay
abandoned and isolated
small town U.S.A.
where rent is cheap

brings people out
that noone go under
it's get together
, ,now - for the daily needs
then - with the left over
in Banning
- each child - every school - a public swimming pool - the annual stagecoach day - the get together - small town U.S.A. - here to stay



Watts
Banning
not failing
falling
beneath the onslaught
more to be made faster elsewhere
go go gold rush
since the first native was crushed
for want of a deed
Watts
Banning
same creed




more than the finitely....pot of gold unevenly distributed
there's the burden
misery
unevenly distributed
health
unevenly distributed
opportunity
unevenly distributed
success
unevenly distributed
fulfillment
unevenly distributed

make it fair
turn the current
towards the one equals one
Banning
one town




but why
why the isolated and abandoned
both in big city & small town U.S.A.
everywhere the worthy
honest
resourceful
proud
righteous
and bold

who abandoned
why

the world - all living beings and one finitely enormous pot of gold

where'd it go
watch where it goes
nice people
Banning
L.A.
Moreno Valley
Temecula
everywhere
the same
ahead yet
not fair

noone and nowhere can be left behind
outside
isolated
abandoned
and forgotten
reverse the current
and carefully, appropriately and figure out how to truly fairly
divide up that finitely enormous pot of gold so that for a minimum every
individual - within the limits - for a long, long run.
nothing to lose
except the forever doom
when excesses
extremes
explosive might
the self-destruct
earth
awaits the sun
so oh so far beyond
yet there is time
switch the current
to on, yes - right now
for all the people
for everyone
it'll work
good cheer
health
prosperity
learning
teaching
living
realizing self-constructed goals
beaches free of disease-causing bacteria and of hepatitis virus
freeways softly and gently humming like during the L.A.'84 Olympics
noone begging in the streets
sick people get all the care that is needed
healthy people get to stay healthy, longer and longer
no homeless
no starving
no illiterate
no destitute
no poor
one, two, three
simply switch the current
you before me
mother
then child




Banning
abandoned
forsaken for nearbye
Temecula
Moreno Valley
Sun City and etc
where building cranes
soon to be finished landscapes
mark the crisp new
the desert boom
housing tracts
tile roofs
stores and services
safe schools and clean streets
for urban/suburban America
fresh start
beside the 2l5
the 60
the l0
anywhere except in Banning,
small town U.S.A.
abandoned and forsaken




sprawling country style

Grandmother's
friendly
laughter
no hurry
close to the ground
dim-lit
low key
representative of the town
any town
everywhere
central L.A.
same play
red, green and blue
trying to get by
not go under
to someday arrive way beyond the just not quite barely enough
maybe not
vanish the dream
same dream
same people now
abandoned and isolated in big town U.S.A.
abandoned and isolated in small town U.S.A.
lots in common
get together
go public
do it up
make it up
do it right
past

present

and for the future