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| escaping the grey fog |
| searching for horizontal lines |
| out past the distribution centers |
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palm springs, ca |
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| it keeps searching for a station |
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bombay beach, ca |
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| connecting even the
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| remote regions with high speed |
| roadways and 16 lane |
| gas stations blurring |
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salton sea, ca |
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| following the lines |
| of old movie scripts |
| replayed on the windshield |
| dissappearing into the horizon |
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cabazon, ca |
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| june 21-2003 |
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| driven by unreasonable forces |
| no longer thinking clearly |
| or rationally |
| as the adrenaline fades |
| reality returns |
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west los angeles, ca |
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| awaking hours before |
| the alarm clock sounded |
| but for no particular reason |
| which made him wish |
| he had somewhere to go |
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pasadena, ca |
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| walking on figueroa street |
| staring into dark shop
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| baking under hot sun |
| missing the cold beer |
| from the night before |
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highland park, ca |
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| june 17-2003 |
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| union organizers and |
| teamsters officials |
| meet over drinks and talk |
| strategy about the next campaign |
| to organize the laundry factory |
| before the flight back
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los angeles, ca |
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| june 15-2003 |
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| he was obsessed with freeways |
| driving them all night
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| stopping only for gas |
| and another coke. |
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los angeles, ca |
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| june 14-2003 |
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| he was lost in his own head |
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los angeles, ca |
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| june 11-2003 |
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| forced to ignore |
| the parallel lives of others |
| driving into the basin |
| with a half tank of gas |
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santa monica, ca |
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| june 10-2003 |
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| urban car camping |
| and beach front living |
| hampton ave |
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venice, ca |
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| driving for hours |
| wtihout leaving LA |
| seeing multiple cites |
| in the suburbs i'd missed |
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baldwin park, ca |
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| june 8-2003 |
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| fluff and fold |
| 99 cents per pound |
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venice, ca |
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| june 6-2003 |
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| speed connects the city |
| shrinks its borders |
| collapses upon itself |
| so there is no longer a need to leave |
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los angeles, ca |
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| june 5-2003 |
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| nomadic food |
| comes to you |
| club sandwich on wheat |
| coke and chips |
| $4.95 |
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los angeles, ca |
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| june 4-2003 |
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| drawn to the natural edge |
| of the city |
| and hot dog on a stick |
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santa monica, ca |
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| june 3-2003 |
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| billboards as urban manifestos |
| dominated by linear banding |
| and strip mall infrastructure |
| crossing town, |
| a voluntary prisoner |
| in search of gas |
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los angeles, ca |
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| june 2-2003 |
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| night driving |
| windows down |
| iced coke and distant radio |
| trying to keep his eyes open |
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baker, ca |
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| june 1-2003 |
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| his opinion fluctuated daily |
| along with the chemicals in his brain |
| extracting lost signals out of thin
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| santa monica, ca |
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