Hollywood Sign

They had struggled through the darkness, and now it stood there looming over them, gleaming in the moonlight:

HOLLYWOOD

They quickly went to work rearranging the letters using acetylene torches and portacranes. First they made it say

HOWL DOOLY

Then they made it say

O DO WHOLLY

Then they made it say

WHOO DOLLY

Then they made it say

WOOLY HOLD

Then they made it say

DOLL HOW OY

Then they made it say

LODY WOHOL

Then they made it say

LODLY OH WO

Then they made it say

LOW HOODLY

Satisfied, they stood back and admired their handiwork. Their leader then pushed the chartreuse button and in the pinkly-purple light the twinkling construction that was Hollywood buckled and shivered like the plaster and chickenwire creation that it was and slowly slid into the sea.

Photos: Child, Hollywood Sign─Los Angeles, 2011; No Access─Los Angeles, 2011