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people gather on hollywood and vine
while standing transfixed
watching him on the television
transferring a person to a place

no one sees him three blocks away
passed out in his own vomit
screaming for help in the dark

alleyway

with the scabs of rehab

the white letters exist on the hill
to remind us that this is hollywood

the people stand by the television
watching hooray for hollywood
form a chorus line and kick in time
to that mishapen 60s dream music

the white letters exist on the hill
to remind us that this is hollywood

they remind us that these streets
filled with dealers, hookers, and actors
is the hollywood of yesterday
reaching its only destination

beause we don't want to be
people watching the television
staring at white letters on the hill
reminded that hollywood is not a chorus line

we are what people say we are
everywhere we turn, people make us

actors
scabs
hookers
vomit

we are what people say we are
we watch television to remind ourselves
we are clean sitcom people
we are dirty only for purpose

the actors rebel for us
the actors scab for us
the actors vomit for us

they are hookers hired to live our fantasies
living and being someone else's fantasies

they are the white letters on the hill
they remind us that this is hollywood