Two Poems by Ron Dowell
We Are What We Shine after J. Venters and M. Barajas Bright as a jewel, we are what we shine. A gang's red-blue color-coded word clash Compton's graffitied not-so "Welcome" sign. Compton Court obliterates the blue skyline, Angeles Abbey minarets, brown grass, like burnished silver, we are what we shine. We suffer potholed streets silent [...]