Michelle Smith

MacArthur Park is dawning in the dark

And the military helicopters are flying in the skies 

To capture the illegal prey, camouflage wearing vultures searching for human food, flying them hurried in their feathered glass eggbeaters

Tyrannically powered, infused, blood, sweat, and tears, family and friends 

Separated into a future unknown forcefully a new city or state too.

A mom and her children Ripped away by the soldiers' headlines, soldier's helmets bobbing up and down fatigue wearing headlines, I see a lost infant's shoe

Where is the dignity, this is not living, I am not a fugitive, my family and I want ped a better life, now I'm running for it fervently, my kids, their abuela, and my wife

Westlake Pico Union of LA on 6th street and the tweakers

are at bay, 6th street to the north and 7th street to the south

Noisy blades towering over businesses 

Will running to the roof save your life in LA ciudad de Angeles?

Hiding behind a dumpster or running into a church is

No longer sanctuary safe. It's Monday and not all heroes wear capes. The pastor and his flock should not be arrested for their attempt to help us escape before all escalates

7th and Alvarado 

Pollo Campero is closed 

No Famous Star at Carl's Jr.

Subway eat fresh not today

Central America bloodlines

on every corner hawking 

and hustling en Espanol and indigenous 

dialects aromatic fare the stomach rumbled

for or the champu hair washes from

Economic boon gonk⁰ this summer day

Sign carrying protesters

continue their marches tirelessly

Egg beater helicopter hovering

over the Westlake MacArthur Park

Carondelet Street remotely a sidewalk

square mile

on the concrete 

11:20 a.m. military deployment, the LAPD at bay, on the July 7th, I can walk in under 5 minutes my neighborhood walk provides

an awesome amazing and antagonizing view

Surprisingly to tank or battering ram,

National Guard green helmets bobbing down the street, 

boots black buckled

running in unison as if on a track meet team

weapons 

gunning the wanted , hunted 

helmets 

bobbing down the heated street 

Sidewalk witnesses flooding the concrete 

Clydesdale horses with helmet wearing cops

Kids can't even play ⚽ Monday soccer instead with law and military, safely their playing field they must compete 

MTA bus detours such a royal pain

Hope you didn't have any routine or new business to conduct today

Mayor Kim Bass thank you