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THE CITY OF ANGELS

HAS A HALO OF SMOG


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THE CITY OF ANGELS

HAS A HALO OF SMOG

L G W I L L I A M S


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THE CITY OF ANGELS

HAS A HALO OF SMOG

L G W I L L I A M S

P C P P R E S S Corrales New York San Francisco Dusseldorf Kuala Ludipur

London Mexico Montreal New Delhi Praque Paris Sao Paulo Tokyo


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OTHER BOOKS BY LG WILLIAMS

BOOKSArt History Lecture Notes 1997Drawing Upon Art 1997Straw, Fluff and Eat Pebbles 1998Y2K and Modern Art 1999Click Here To Enter: Catalogue Raisson 2000Gorgeous Nonsense 2000Complete Artwork Notes: 1985-2000 2001LG Williams: Biography 1983-2000 2001Random Notes: 1993-2000 2001Small Notebooks: 1-3 2001Small Notebooks: 4-6 2001

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Recent Paintings 1997Clean Shorts and Recent Wood 1997Selected Installations: 1997-98 1998

Another Tight Spot 1999Figuerlich Art Und Konzeptkunst 1999Miracle Gallery 2000

ARTIST BOOKS

Year in Rearview 1998100 1998Dow 1999Stars 1999LA CART 2000Planes 2000Star Fuck 2001

POETRY

Kingdom of Back 1999Stripe City 1999

B sides 2000Buddaheads and Ambercrombie 2000The City of Angels Has a Halo of Smog 2000Killer Beings 2001


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For more information about LG WILLIAMSplease visit: www.lg.web-page.net

First Edition.

Published in the United States of America in 2000by PCP Press, Berkeley, California.

2000 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS.

All Rights Reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced in anymanner whatsoever without written permission from LG Williams,

The Estate of LG Williams or PCP Press.


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Moms in the gutter,

Dad's in the trash.

What's on your mind?The next piece of ass.


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I sleep at my desk

Eat in my car

The only real thingIs my time at the bar.


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Bubbles

From old piss

Still shimmer.


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Face it:

Girl power

Is in the flower.


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Once you let the cat

Out of the bag,

You have to playWith the pussy.


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Between the strawberry and grape

There's no room for

Tequila.


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I've got Monet here

And Van Gogh over there.

It's great to decorateMy cubicle.


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My Guru helped me

Find my inner goddess.

So I asked her,"Why room for three?"


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Gay culture is a drag:

Everyones a fag.


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When I was a kid

They thought I was a sissy.

Now they thinkI'm a square.


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Discovering God:

"Oh - My - God!"


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Ooooh! that looks good.

Ooooooooh! so does that?

I'll take both.


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Supermodels!

On my covers!

Flip em over!


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Four-wheeling.

Then, after the crash:

Two-wheeling.


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This is great

This is fun:

All these happy buns.


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Wherever I go

I look for the o.


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Cute little girl

Behind the big wheel.

Wonder if daddyGot a deal?


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Who knows?

Who cares?


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Pretty kitty,

Meow meow.

Give her a trim,Give her a bath,

Before she goes-to-town!


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Daddy is Bud,

My uncle is Jack,

And they're never botheredBy Aunt Flow.


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NY, LA,

Chicago and Sante Fe:

Where's the pussy?


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If I had a job

I'd have to work.

Since I don'tI'll drink, fuck and exercise.


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"Toga!", "Toga!", "Toga!"

"Toga!", "Toga!", "Toga!"

What ever happened?To the good old days.


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How about it, Emmylou Harris?

Give me something to talk about:

Show your low downShaven self.


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Homer & Bart

Bevis & Butt.

What rut?


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So what if our little girl

Is really overweight?

She'll grow upWith a pussy.


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I'm in the Army:

It's a little rough, a little tough.

But, I don't have to think,And all the guys like Tom Petty.


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I wish that I had the key

To gridlock.

But I'm just a logIn the jam.


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From my perspective

The 'Rat Race'

Is all tails.


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See the difference

Between brilliance and smarts

In ants and farts.


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"I'm usually fine."


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Oh baby!

Horny chick!

Come over here.


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Mini van Ann

Driving the soccer team,

"THANK GOD FOR JACK!"


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(From the top floor

Of the world's tallest building):

"Bombs Away!"


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My first Beemer

Is so kewl.

When I'm behind the wheelMagic!


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I love my kids

Because when they

Piss and shitIt gives me something to do-do.


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Smile back at

The white cotton panties

Above the jean.


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"I love being Rich!"


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