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13 Street roots M ay 9, 2014 Naked hope by Avendor Crank up the Blossoms By th e barn by Nick Sullivan on top of th e hill grave winds blew as they willed Frorti hejaven’s throne they d ep arted and found m e out b rokenhearted Red w as th e barn blue w as th e sky grey w as my soul silent, m y cry T he dandelions w ere beautiful in th e deep g reen grass , bu t w hat’s th a t to m e . save ghosts from th e past T he w eathervarie’s askew and th is feel’s like th e end Amazing Grace by Michael Vance As I re-entered th e w ar to rn room ravaged by a manic frenzied search I kicked th e book across th e floor God D am m it! Where’s my wallet! T he broken glass crunches beneath my boots I*Ve gone num b with rage I throw another tantrum A fit too heavy to pick' up and throw So I sm ash it into a thousand Turn th e leaves on crank up th e blossom s spill w ater on th e esplanade and give geese to th e bread L et th e pigeons socialize and let th e crows bom b and (five pieces w ith a ham m er I cap throw this fit Several tim es, then, exhausted, I rip th e top dre sse r draw er out and to ss it too It knocks over the toaster and now th e room is on fire I call th e fire departm ent and walk away in disgust I reach in my pocket for my lighter and sm okes and lo arid behold, th e re ’s my wallet standing all alone in a w o rld w ithout friends b u t buried w ithin my undulating b re ast r lies an indestructible stream o í blessed hopefulness I t never disappears everything lowercase by William Holmes no m atter how m uch I despair so I guess I’ll head hom e shaken, b u t spared If h appiness re tu rn s to m e once m ore I’ll surely do b e tte r than I’ve done before gracefully pouring colour from th e horizon, the sun w ithers away. th e black and purple sky seize the city, electricity flows to counterbalance, to drown th e m oon and stars Gonna Be a Bear Kristina Wright | Real Estate Agent Bellmoore Realty Carolyn Meade * - 503/4795764 Kristlna@Portla ndHomeGal.com In this life I’m a woman. In m y next fife, I ’d like to com e back as a bear. Ytke'on Facebook @ Portland Home Gal W hen you’re a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing b u t sleep for six m onths. a tovtedgeabfc marketer with a designs eye a professerai ^»teg's^her and a responsi agent I could deal w ith that. B efore you hibernate, you’re supposed to e a t yourself stupid. I could deal w ith th a t too. W hen you’re a girl bear, you b irth your children (Who are th e size of walnuts) While you’r e sleeping. You wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. . I could definitely deal w ith th a t. "BRIAN LINDSTROM'S ALIEN BOY PACKS A HORRIFYING PUNCH: INTIM ATE, TERRIBLE, & T R U E .” -S H A W N L E V Y , THE OREGONIAN If you’re a m am a bear, everyone knows you m ean business. You sw at anyone who b o th ers your cubs. If yorir cubs get ou t of fine, you sw at th em loo. I could deal w ith that. If you’re a bear, your m ate expects you to wake u p growling. H e expects you will, have hairy legs and excess body f a t Yup, gonna b e a bear. Order e-books and print copies a t iamnotapoet.org or streetroots.org/iamnotapoet “AUEN BOY IS A TRIUMPH - AND AN EMOTIONAL BULLDOZER.” - JOHN CHANDLER, PORTLAND MONTHLY http://www.alienboy.org/ Available 3/25 on iTunes, Amazon Instant,: DVD, < and National VOD
