Street roots
June 21, 2013
Pride
by Paula Ramirez
Woman to woman
Man to man
Love is love
It goes hand in hand
Judgement and hate
Because you think straight
That’s not the only way to get through the golden gate
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Dogs
By Lorry Clark
By Ron Sanford
You spit on me and call me bum
I was once like you
Fancy cars and fancy clothes
I use to have that too.
My hours got cut to 25
When Obama came through,
My boss said “Son, I love ya
But still no health care for you.”
I tried to find a second job
But still the rent was due
Now I sleep on the streets.
A joy I thought I would never see.
I give money to other homeless folks
Even though I am in poverty.
But I look at them as people
Who have it a lot worse than me.
Helping each other survive through life
Isn’t that what Jesus wanted to see?
Selling papers on the streets
Is this what my life has come to be?
Finding myself praying
God please take me while I am asleep.
But I keep on pushing
No matter what’s in front of me.
Battered, bruised, and broken,
Even PTSD .
So I ’ll keep moving forward,
No matter what you think of me.
But there is one thing I did learn
And it fills my heart with glee:
Take a good look in the mirror, friend
You are nothing like me.
Fighting for the right
And taking a stand,
That every love commitment
Deserves a wedding band
Gay Pride,
Put hate and ignorance aside!
What Would It Look
Like If...
By Joanna Nordess
Imagine the world you want to live in.
Then create it.
But don’t hide it.
Put it on display for everyone to see
When the black clouds roll away.
Put the rainbow on display.
Existing, there to show the way.
But don’t wait until tomorrow.
Do it today.
Hell thrives on delay.
So speak now if you’ve got something to say.
If you’ve seen a glimpse,
You know th a t Heaven isn’t far away.
Dogs begging for change
We see it in their eyes
Panhandling
Freely out in the street.
Been homeless so long
I’m just used to it
Freewheeling
Manumission awaits.
People everyday
Join in our growing ranks
Drug dealing
Becomes second nature.
I just need to rest
And go at my pace
Silently
Biding away the time.
Repping With The
‘Roots’
By Marlon Crump
Smile with a light. Stand.
Frown with darkness. Start walking.
Hand and heart for you.
Stack of Roots on arm says hi.
Eyes forward, tongue sung: I am here!
By Kara Dimitruk
Answers on page 6
Crossword
1 10
8
Across
14
15
16
1. __-la, sung while skipping
6. California’s El Camino _
10. Laddie’s love
14. Spanish sir
15. It’s active in Sicily
16. Type of worm
17. Pumpkin eater boy
18. Egyptian canal
19. A midget buffalo
20. Sense of unsteadiness of
imbalance
23. Biblical king
24. Ending to mountain or
auction
25. Bard’s “before”
26. “Wo” ending
29. Pro___
31. Fix, in a way
33. Like coffee or tea
35. Hindu wrap
37. Permissible
41. Carnival game with ducks,
targets, and bottles
44. Extra inning
45. Chinese dynasty
46. Take acid, slang
47. “Indubitably”
49. Old Steelers coach Chuck
51. Dowtown-to-Cully dir.
52. Call to Bo-peep
55. Genetic initials
57. Harvest
59. Decorations or adornments
64. Decomposes
65. Not odd
66. Fresh from the shower
68. Trans-Siberian Railroad city
69. Element #30
70. Window alternative
71. House votes
72. “If a ll___fa ils ...”
73. Its jackpot is currently $40M
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5 3
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1. Sugar amt.
2. College in SE
3. Start to freeze?
4. Gardener’s soil
5. Unpaid debt
6. A consequence
7. A small ornamental case
8. To anoint (Archaic)
9. More idle
10. Pinocchio, at times
11. ‘Tomorrow” musical
12. Use elbow grease on
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4 1
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Down
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Sudoku
1 7
25
34
41
52
13
29
28
33
12
22
23
26
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13. “Naughty you!”
21. Somewhat
22. Flatfish
26. Sierra _ , soda
27. Massage target
28. Element #10
30. Element #18
32. Layer with gold
34. Rotten, as timber
36.
is bliss”
38. Sin tail
39. Element #26
40. A or B
42. Intro to -ostat and -ometer
43. Lace tip
48. “Achoo”
50. Secular
52. Element #5
53. Something in the air
54. Jittery
56. Wile E. Coyote’s device of
choice
58. Salk’s conquest
60. Quizzes
61. Till stack
62. It may be out on a limb
63. NaCI
67. “The Matrix" hero
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 our
neighbors Old Town Pizza
for bringing slices to the
vendors most afternoons!
Yummy!