There is so much going on now in the Downey arts scene that it is nearly impossible to make it to all the events! Who could have ever imagined such a problem?
Here is a link to the Downey Arts Coalition Website, which gives you a feel for what is going on:
http://www.downeyarts.org/
I read this poem at the Third Thursday Poetry Series, hosted last night at the Stay Gallery on Downey Avenue. It discusses two topics, stellar evolution and the Downey arts scene, which you might think have little to do with each other.
Catching Fire in Downey
our solar system did not evolve
in a smooth continuum
clouds of hydrogen float forever
well almost, until
waves push together little globs
which now attract
more
and more
more and more ethereal gas
flows to the concentration
gravitation builds pressure
until bam!
hydrogen burning
nuclear fusion
out from the center in a
glowing ring
leaving behind heavier things
helium carbon
until it’s all spent
blown out
and light and heavy elements alike
float through the clouds of
space and time
mixing flowing
mixing
until new perturbations
form new globulations
and the whole formation
starts again
a lot of mixing going on
globular accretions
and traces of critical mass
in the downey region
trace remnants of the ranchos californios
pio pico
anglo agriculturos
dying embers of
aerospace prosperity
vultee apollo and space shuttle
white haired
running out of time
the wind and tide of struggling mexico
guatemala
and points south
washing
washing
ashes from cuba
mixing
mixing
lighting fire at the tropicana
nuclear fusion
at downey and warren
skin tones
mixing to a thousand shades
getting grungy at the epic lounge
and tipsy at downey brewery
singing in the churches
making music in garages
cool at l.a.buns and
buzzing at stay gallery
looking to the future
catching fire everywhere
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