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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (May 23, 2014)
14 Ü J J E ä ä J The Street Less Traveled by William Adams My eye stings and is swollen shut. Shut up. Men don’t cry. , | Jack paniels and bad memories are the stars of tonight’s performance. The smell of stale cigarettes and the taste of iron always haunt my mind. Everyone takes a beating sometimes, some of us all the time. Pain is weakness leaving the soul. Strength is pain under control. Crimson may run down cheeks but never a tear. ’ Numb to everything but rage,. It’s OK to get knocked down but you better get back up. My eye wide sh u t Am I dead? Not yet, that’s a gift that must be earned. PAID TRAINING PHC FOR PE0PLE with N orthwest disabilities ! Beyond Limitations- REQUIREMENTS: 5312 NE 148th Ave. Portland, OR 97230 / Pass a drug test / Must be at least 18 Must be able to provide documentation of a disability ✓ Fluency in English ✓ Clean background check QUESTIONS? Please call (503) 261 -1266 or (800) 874-7917 email: dcherry@phcnw.com ... to the health care you know and trust. Working in-partners hip" with providers, 1 ' commyrrity health centers and sociat service agencies to serve pdople on the Oregon * Health Plan,- Health Share is building a more Together we are accessible andcoordinated care system ± health .throughout the Tri County area. '503-416-809.0 O fc May 23, 2014 Spring by Mr. Man > Street roots i I www.healthshare.oregon.org w »» Health Share of Oregon Spring to me is about new beginnings, about after the winter slumber. Everything is waking up, People are out arid about, happy, arid so am I, like them enjoying this nice warm sunny day, taking advantage of it while I got it. For me it is a new beginning. New spot I hope to claim I had no idea it was like this. People here are so friendly, Even the baristas know me by name. Yes this is what I like. Enjoying the sun, the sales, the friendly new customers who just wanna shake hands. I can’t complain about anything right away, and if It rains, .Hey, that’s what the poncho, is for.
