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M.R. Mandell's avatar

Thank you, Alex. I have lived in LA for most of my life. I love it for all the reasons you mentioned (good and bad). I appreciate your love. It’s a strong city, we will survive. 🖤

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T L Evans's avatar

Now that is a seriously good poem 👏👏👏

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Lyriquediscorde's avatar

This is beautiful, and as someone who is 3rd generation Angeleno, I feel every word.

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David de Young's avatar

Beautiful, Alex.

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Dragoneye's avatar

Nice. Strikingly. One can smell the hot dessert sands of the east simplifying your day... I really appreciate your sparingly honest vision of your LA experience. From another place than my comfortable roots of Northern California it can remind us of how the varied lenses we look through at the same places leave us such different feelings.

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Laresa Lund's avatar

Been trying to explain the vibe of LA you did it perfectly

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Yrsa Daley-Ward's avatar

What a love letter, what a city.

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