Wilcox/Hollywood Pantoum

Here is a gesture. It will explain what I mean to tell you. Watch the tops of the palm trees first, then the windows of buildings.

What I mean to tell you is look where somebody/nobody lives– inside those windows, those buildings. Let each of your eyes slide down

to where somebody/nobody lives, To the bald mannequin on stage. Let each of your eyes slide down to the wig shop. Feel the people

passing each other on the sidewalk the breezes in the spaces between them will batter you a little. What I want you to see is the brazen way summer

comes to Los Angeles; confident, brash in air, on the streets and the tourists, the colors of molten metals running together , tourists running with those colors.

Stare at the bald mannequin on stage. Watch the tops of the palm trees first, then the wig shop. You’ll feel the people… Here is a gesture. It will explain.