Los Angeles

I am not from here

But I am

I can’t help but recognize how different I am

I also can’t help how I am the same

I love it here

I love the smell and the people

The other transplants who denigrate this city’s worth

I love them because they make me feel better

This beautiful city in the heart of old Mexico

This city undefined, vast in its indifference

I love Los Angeles 

There is no where else that means anywhere

I love Los Angeles

And if you don’t 

Let us walk you to the border gleefully 

For if you don’t love it here 

You hate yourself