\nshe asked me if there were evergreen trees nearby. “i see palm trees everywhere, but no evergreens. i didn’t know LA would be like this.”<\/p>\n
i scanned the streets in my mind but couldn’t think of anywhere with evergreens, not in the city. “i don’t know,” i said. “why?”<\/p>\n
“i’m just looking for a place to sleep.”<\/p>\n
she didn’t have camping gear, just a sleeping bag, just enough to wrap herself up and fall into slumber.<\/p>\n
“but i can’t sleep under a palm tree or on the beach,” she said. “it’s too wide open.”<\/p>\n
she paints landscapes and angels but does office work, any kind of office work. “do you know of any jobs?” i said no. “do you know of anyone who needs a housesitter?” i shook my head. “do you know anyone driving to arizona?” i wanted to say yes to something she asked, anything she asked, but i couldn’t.<\/p>\n
she was in santa barbara before los angeles and new york before santa barbara. i don’t know where she was before new york, but she has no ties to the city. she needed to find somewhere to stay and something to do. a place to live, a way to make a living. a life.<\/p>\n
“do you know any good spiritual places?”<\/p>\n
i asked her if she practiced a particular faith, but she said no. “i take what i can get.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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