Southern California Gothic
⢠youâre driving to work, youâre stopped at an intersection, there are people selling fruit and flowers on every corner. Thereâs a sign that forbids this. A police officer buys a basket of oranges for three dollars.
⢠youâre at the park, you blink, there is now a man with a cart in front of you. You donât question this. You buy an elote.
⢠itâs cold, so cold. Your weather app says 67 degrees. That canât be, itâs so cold. You see tourists in short sleeves, you exclaim to your friend that they must be insane! Itâs so cold.
⢠you leave the doctors office, there is a Starbucks on the corner. It was not there when you went into the doctors office. You buy a latte.
⢠youâre hanging out with your friends, one mentions that theyâre hungry and want in-n-out. You are so hungry. So, so hungry. You get a double double with animal fries and a pink lemonade. The restaurant was not there yesterday.
⢠they said rain will come this week, it will not. The rain decides when to come. You canât make its choices for it. That would be rude.
⢠youâre finished with your shopping. You pack your things into the car and start to drive. You drive to stater bros. Youâre not done shopping yet.
⢠you are driving, the radio wonât work. The only stations you can hear, faintly, are Spanish talk radio and Christian music. Sometimes in the static you hear the faint sound of the beach boys.
⢠you go to the beach. You donât know the way. All roads lead to the beach.
⢠it was foggy today. Nobody dared leave their homes.
⢠youâve been driving for two days. You are still in California.
⢠youâre falling asleep, something feels off. The train blares itâs horn an unknown distance away. Youâre able to sleep.
⢠you hear the fireworks at Disneyland. You donât live anywhere hear Anaheim. You simply turn up the volume.
⢠youâre at knotts berry farm, three yards away there is a cowboy holding a boysenberry cotton candy, you hear screams from the direction of silver bullet. Youâve been sitting outside the saloon for days.
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