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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 2012)
Street roots * Feb. 17, 2012 Energy Bubble By Aaron Rondazzo Sugar stagnates in surplus; a superb thrust Musty clusters rearranged, vibrating alive today Smooth grace guided in elegant steps; robust Muscles bolstered, neck to toes, paving the way Mutant dreamer, gleaming true; brilliance unused Silly smiles slanted to slumber, breathe deeper heavy sleeper I’ll paint your memory, emboldened to immortality, Now... Articulating your afterlife rejuvenates these rusty hands For possessing these precious gifts, I bow... Stars stir to supply variety, begging for a story This sun dreams Earthly perfection manifested in mind Neutrinos, cells, organs, conspiring to create an eternal ME Divinely climbing to sublime times of daily chime Love forges all designs, pine, pain, plains, noise, toys, you... Walk then, in grace, inwardly bowing to all creation Gratitude circulates joy, wisdom, rhythm, purpose too Experience an impossible endeavor to artsy elation A heaven dream among confused chaotic characters Staging a world in masked moralistic mortality Consciousness may never die, end of lecture So eternity must be abundant with possibility A Doll By Debra Knauf A cloth doll is Sitting on the sofa beside me. She has tan flannel skin That is soft to the touch. She is wearing a green, felt dress Over a yellow felt shirt and red felt booties She has brown, yarn hair tied in A pink flannel bow. She has black bead eyes, Brown felt eyebrows, Pink felt Cheeks and lavender felt lips Turned up in a smile. Sébastien Marchai PUZZLES Answers on page 6 B y Cole M erkel Sudoku Crossword Across 1. A long way off 5. Field yield 9. Bread batter 14. Bristle 15. Old Italian money 16. Stimulant 17. Tartan sporters 18. Archipelago part 19. Breaks 20. Not well-planned 23. Accused’s need 24. Spanish liqueur 25. Shipwreck signal 28. Sudafed, for one 31.___Wednesday 34. Without, en francais 35. “What’s gotten___you?” 36. Hawaiian banjo 38. Plant-like 41. Con 42. Made of corncob, perhaps 43. “Tarzan” extra 44. Creating metal 49. Cunning 50. Religious figure 51. Chess man 54. Observer 57. Japanese-American 60. Big brass 61. Computer output vs. input acronym 62. Linen fabric 63. Hate group 64. ___League 65. Chucks 66. Ethereal 67. Sported Down 1. Fungal spore sacs 2. Dude, ca. 1940s 3. To any extent 4. Rotten 5. Medical rotation 6. Acorn OS 7. Latter half of the Big Easy 8. One way of marking territory 9. Pressure 10 . Kind of column 11 . Pkg. deliverer 12 . Acquire 13 . “48___” 21 . Way too weighty 22 . Compete (for) 25 . Pere Noel 26 . Like draft beer 27. Lifted, so to speak 29. Four quarters 30. Reason for overtime 31. Glows 32. Brain bucket 33. On the larger side 37. Grassland 38. To wit 39. A realization of great truth 40. Magical wish granter 42. Leaflet 45. Monet subject 46. Frigid 47. Native American people who Inhabited Vancouver Island 48. Flashy trinket 52. Arab capital 53. “Pomp and Circumstance” composer 54. Cut down 55. Skier’s transport 56. Brain area 57. Math degree 58. Debtor’s note 59. Knight’s title correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order. This m an works. So does Street Roots.
