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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 2013)
Street roots Dec. 20, 2013 An Account of Fall by Avendor If my life were a book and I was the author There is much to attend to in the fall Dead poets summon us to match the willpower they exemplified in their times Walking quietly and observant down breezy avenues in Europe. As the papery leaves, grainy rains, and yellowy, green, and orange colors poured out upon them as if it were regalia from some ancient regime. These excitations play a somber rhythm upon our souls as we move about in our fall as knowledge increases and we rush to and fro For agility is not the sole order of our day, but also a solemn hardiness As the rain streams down our cheeks, and makes the sidewalks exhale a nostalgic smell of days gone by. If there be a God he must be sitting like a watchdog on his mat frowning on our day and age just chilling, licking a paw and running it over his nose wishing we could muster a sliver, a fraction, of the soft spoken holiness we draped over our shoulder in the days of honest work, and patient workmen. As for myself, I’ve been trudging along at a steady clip Though tonight I will probably catch the basketball game But first I will man my post until I receive a divine ordinance to do otherwise And if not, shame on me the collapse of the world be on my hands as my countrymen busy themselves getting and spending seeing little in nature that is worth their time reading about a certain star’s sex appeal or watching television, the drug of the nation. I muse on how much cooler, badass and glorified our world would be If we put our free time to more noble uses... Yes we all need some downtime but ought we not to “Get the balance right” in the words of Depeche Mode Redeeming or seizing the day boys and girls on a mission. But God bless you all either way. And as winter is about to set in may significance, beauty and joy ornament your day and prop up the world we make our way in.This is just an account this is just a depiction of the autumn of the modern world, the world that I live in. by G.B. If my life were a book and I was the author, I would write the stories of love. I would write the stories of wrong. Etch them in the stone, etch them in the sand. I would make the words twist and turn, Color them bright, make them stand out. Make the anger and pain loud and bold. Make the joy and life brilliant and shining. It would not end. It would not close. More pages, more words, more lines of my life. The title would capture the measure of good Without neglecting the shadows within. What a song it would sing of the beauty of life! What a tale it would tell of the journey of living! If my life were a book and I was the author, This is how my story would go. Now through December 31st y o u r g ift is matched 5 0 ( fo r every dollar, plus an additional $ l- f o r - $ l match fo r a ll new donors during our T o g e t h e r a t t h e T a b le challenge match. Learn more a t www.sistersoftheroad.org T K MAGIC IS N THE HOLEI 2 2 SW 3RD Sc BURNSIDE SISTERS OF THE ROAD o r 503-222-5694. XX X jeWP»“s SBPP 1501 NE DAViS SUPPORTING STREET R O O TS SINCE 2 0 0 3 ... to the health care you know and trust. Working in partnership with providers, community health centers and social service agencies to serve people on the Oregon Health Plan. Health Share is building a more accessible and coordinated care system throughout the Tri County area. 503-416-8090 G t Together we are health I www.healthshareoregon.org Health Share of Oregon
