L.A. NOIR
(’93)
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-Bam! Bam! Bam!
gunshots
from a passing car.
-Manolo Cortines,
eleven-years old,
who investigators said
was an innocent bystander,
died a 10:15 p.m. Thursday,
after the family asked doctors
to turn off all life-support systems.
-No more dreams of becoming an artist,
no more summer months in Mexico,
no more ranchera songs,
no more hugs
or helping with the grocery bags,
no more Little League baseball.
-Tears flow in memory
of Manolo Cortines,
dead in the battle of Los Angeles,
an innocent bystander,
eleven-years old.
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