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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 2017)
♦ Street Roots • October 6-12, 2017 Food for thought By Aileen McPherson Kindness of the Heart. Early morning still quiet, Coffee brews, cat mews, birds sing, while pans ring. Eggs crack, sizzle, snap, bacon fries, biscuits rise, as sounds and smells make the dead arise. Table set, jams and jellies, butter, sugar, and cream. Good morning, family Did you have sweet dreams? Poetry Page 13 Untitled By Jaison Kirk Seagulls like kites on the wind pursued by darker birds Crows swooping in, harassing them like the gulls, so are my words. Harassed, heresy, heretic Unsound, insane, lunatic. I imagine things they say Conversations with figments unseen. The Necklace by Avendor I wear a necklace of fear sometimes I forget that it’s there when I am happy and so unaware of the madness I’ve known all these years And sometimes I feel pressing down upon me when I am having a pleasant conversation and I can dismiss it with the wave of the hand watch it go from a tidal wave to a puddle Or I can contemplate it all so I can’t hear a damn word you say and ponder doing something totally unexpected that could horrify us both for god knows how long You know I have so many lovely desires a girl to love, a world to save, that is that but how can I rightly do this with this curse around my neck How do you share health? At Health Share, we believe good health is more than what happens inside your doctor’s office. Good health starts in your community and includes staying active, eating healthy food and getting regular check-ups. Share your healthy habits with family and friends. We can all have better health when we share it together. health Better health together. www.healthshareoregon.org f * J
