the hollywood white pages

julianna mccarthy

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Days and Nights
Mondays, Sundays and a few Weeks
Junes, Mays, four Augusts, some Marches,
a surprising pair of Christmases,
no Hours, Minutes or even Seconds
although there a quite a few Firsts

Whites, Blacks, Browns, and Greens,
Smarts and Looneys

Lakes, Rivers, Ponds,
Bays and Brooks,
Glens, Fields, Knolls,
Hills and Dales.

Birds, Katz, Deers, Bears,
Lyons, Beavers and a Bee

Knights and Archers
Shepherds, Farmers, Gardeners,
Cooks, Bakers, Butchers,
Singers and Crooks.
No Actors. Three Poets.

Nuns, Priests, Bishops and Popes,
Castles, Kings, Barons, Dukes, Princes,
but no Queens, Princesses, Duchesses or Dames,
some French, English, Irish, Danes;
lots of Scotts.

Matthews, Marks, Lukes and Johns,
also Jameses, Pauls, Sauls;
more than one Moses

There are twelve Jesus Rodriguez,
eight Jesus Gonzalez, eleven Jesus Garcias,
but no Jesus Christ
or Jesus Lord,
although
there are many other Lords

Churches, and Temples
Coffins and Graves.