East of La Brea Haiku Collection

Dads in day-glo vests

do morning safety patrol,

go home and get high.

Silverlake challenge

Prius in Trader Joe's lot

but which one is yours?

Whatever it is,

pressed juice costs more than cocaine

Couldn't be as fun.

In fancy sweater

Rags mingles at the dog park

and eats Cody's poop.

Big bucks for yoga,

always excruciating

plus it makes you fart.

Coffee snobbery,

highfalutin' baristas

don't even serve food.

Cal Arts graduates

drawing kitties in milk foam,
working in their field.

Plaid shirts.  Huge whiskers.
Abe Lincoln, Grizzly Adams.

No more soul patches.

Stokke Cruisi Stroller,

a must for Mommy and Me

costs more than a car

Sunday gathering.

Multi-generational,

at the weed clinic.

Nathan eats babka.

Sage has celiac disease

so she won't blow him.

Election run-off,

no Tom Labonge calendar

thanks to term limits .

Bud Cort at Gelson's.

Shoulda. Coulda. Woulda. But,

only Harold and Maude.

The walking man's gone.

Poster boy for skin cancer,

died in his hot tub.

DWP

because we need more gridlock,

let's rip up sewers.

Why the small plates thing?

Exotic Spanish tapas,

12 buck canned sardines.

Must build more condos!

I miss the Coffee Table,

even the bad food.

I meant to hate Squirl

heirloom eggs and eight buck toast.

Silly but tastes good.

Fixer upper rules:

Stainless steel appliances.

Horizontal fence.

I can't get worked up

about traffic and bike lanes.

My ass is too big.

Multiplex era.

Even the old Los Feliz.

Thanks God for Vista.

It's essential now

that vegetarian joints

serve quinoa and beer.

The Lyft and Uber

new sharing economy.

means we can get drunk.

Edgy screenwriter

dreams of hillside Neutra home

near Ivanhoe School.

A car full of dogs

left in Griffith Park lot while

walker eats at Trails.

The best happy place

is TJs sample table.

What more could you want?