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City of Angels
Admit this tiny itty bit Before you commit and lose your wit When you sit through it, no exit Quit the habit, commit to it Assist it,...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Jan 2, 20191 min read
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California's 5
The car growls as she changes gears. The speedometer shoots upward, manically twitching and jittering forward. A wall of traffic lies...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Jan 2, 20191 min read
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Tampa International
7VKQ086 in the sun. Reflecting ghostly light like a mirror. Blue letters scream your name to all who pass While playful red script...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Jan 2, 20191 min read
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Marine Layer
It's cold. The kind of cold that bites through my toes as I stick them in the sand-- naked. Like water, the sand crashes over my foot,...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Jan 1, 20191 min read
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Brush Fire
Channel 5 said that the grounds near Griffith burned last weekend. Dry, dry, dry desert scrub erupted into a cherry-red blaze. People and...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Jan 1, 20191 min read
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Santa Barbara: A Prose Poem
Waves crash against the berm in the early morning sun. East Beach, Arroyo Burro calm. A gull cries over the grey-blue surf. Footprints...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Dec 31, 20181 min read
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Old Saddleback
She looms over the humming freeway, conducting the symphony of cars, trucks, trailers, and vans as they bump and bop down the 5. Her...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Dec 31, 20181 min read
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2PLA735
whenever I go around town, I look at license plates. Oklahoma. Ontario. Quebec. Kansas. Washington. Winnipeg. Colorado. California. I...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Dec 31, 20181 min read
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The Grizzly
Lumbering, he exhales loudly, his breath a misty white in the thick winter chill. He makes thick, cumbersome steps in the deep snow as it...

Mackenzie O'Brien
Dec 31, 20181 min read
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