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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 2012)
Street roots OcL 26, 2012 The Woman in the Pink Knitted Cap By Tricia Knoll She spent five arctic nights in a woman’s shelter, but creatures sniffling on cranky cots, overloaded her, a male guard at the gate. With the warm blow-in of southern rains, she moved to a nook in her one dry place. She’s a wrung-out sponge, blotting up damp in sweatshirts, tights, stretch pants, one too-small jacket and the church-lady-knitted cap. Relentless hours of hard rain erode her gut-starch and her cross is choking tight. The Harvest of Halloween By Dennis Kennith Rollins The deeper the heart, The easier it is to fall apart. In vein, it will always be the same. Two titles given, means another one shared. One palm on the handle of her cart keeps her from flowing. Her fingerless glove swipes a dripping nostril. Her tongue plugs emptiness where a fist blew out a canine tooth. If you were to share another day fair, The way is found The entrance is open For the passage is dear as time is near. Keep body and soul pasted together, each wanders like her gray kitten. She refuses to look at street kids’ brindled pit bulls. What she cannot see will not bite. She whispers to good people she once knew and argues with the bad. Two hearts open, The way is clear. Time for the occasion Deep is the setting, clear to the view. Time for harvest; time to scare. Halloween is coming Do beware Giving, sharing, time indeed Mummy, clowns, wolves, indeed Time at hand, two words go on, indeed Happy Halloween for you and me. When sleep knocks her down, her night hag tiptoes in, reigning hostess in a teetering house. Both seldom know where the bathroom is, never stare out windows a n d f e a r that every shaky roof must fall. She hears hag stories of lost sisters. Now and then they trade clothes. When morning comes, night hag hovers behind her left shoulder, a burden-crushing fog hangover of buzzing street light nights. She hums and No One, day stalker, always hears. Answers on page 6 By Kara Dimitruk Sudoku Crossword Across 1. Way out 7. New York baseball player 10. Pro follower 14. It’s also known as the splenic artery 15. A Sandy Koufax stat 16. Crude group? 17. Not done with purpose or intent 19. Isn’t wrong? 20. “Give it ___I” 21. Second-stringer 22. A type of tea, with lemon 23. Phil Mickelson may use one 24. Nay’s opposite 25. It’s a free country? 27. Carnaval site 28. While lead-in 30. Stun gun 32. Debtor’s note 33. Pesto base 36. Yielding 38. 22-Down and 33-Across can be found here 41. Another name fora 38-Down 42. Legislate 43. Take the gold 44. Like some gases 46. Heidi’s home 50. Mount Hood output 51. Summer shade 52. An end to sex? 55.100% 56.1989 film with Denzel Washington 58. A territory ruled by a duchess 60. Calendar square 61. “Holy___I” 62. A harm or injury 64. It’s used in fencing 65. Hail, to Caesar 66. Wears away 67. Loch___monster 68. Fourposter, e.g. 9 5 7 T Tl 8 1 9 3 3 6 3 9 2J p 5 6 TT 1 ' 69. Foil Down 1. To find a solution, in organic chemistry 2. Flavors beers and cookies 3. Repaints a room, say 4. Bend-to-Walla Walla dir. 5. Smart-mouthed 6. Order one to-go 7. Waiter’s offering 8. Mount______ 9. Wee bit 10. Crowd sound 11. Relating to bees or beekeeping 12. They may be rising with the election 13. To perform Hamlet’s soliloquy 18. Free 22. Used to ward off vampires 26. Nasal dividers 29. Traumatic Brain Injury Rehab, inits. 31 Rehem 34. Keenness in perception 35. Medicinal plant 37. Itty-bitty bit 38. Bunny or Black Diamond, e.g. 39. They may be left to hem 40. Monkey business 41. They traveled rural Australia on foot 45. Salad leaf 47. Brown Eyed Girl lyric, with “Sha” 48. A county in the Sacramento Valley 49. Least ingenuous 53. Sleep on it 54. Gift of the Magi 57. Some whiskeys 59. Like some books in Powell’s 62. Apply gently 63. “I do,” for one The objective of Sudoku is to fill in all the blank squares with the correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order. Office Cat Rooty sends a big thank you to the groovy organizations and businesses who donated their time and wares for our online auction! Together, we build a great community!
