Eat

deadstock coffee (nw)

kayo ramen (ne)

water avenue coffee (se & sw)

good coffee (se & nw)

nostrana italian (se)

bye & bye bar (ne)

kati thai (se)

maruti indian (se)

coffee beer (se)

dinger’s deli (se)

ichiza pan asian (sw)

modern times bar (se)

capitol bar (ne)

canteen vegan bowls (se)

sudra indian (ne & n)

black water bar (ne)

homegrown smoker bbq (n)

doe donuts (se)

back to eden (ne)

Shop

project object (ne)

land (n)

herbivore (se)

powell’s (nw, se, pdx airport)

palace (ne)

olo (se)

seven sisters (ne)

tender loving empire (se, sw, nw, pdx airport)

Walk

mississippi avenue

alberta avenue

hawthorne avenue

tilikum crossing

forest park

mount tabor

waterfront park

When a word

like abandon is perfect

moonlight goes unnoticed

admire the raves

serve the praise

for little kings who can’t breathe

because of flaming airplanes

dreaming of strawberry cake

Sometimes

I’m so sorry I brought you here

because you’re my only hope

I’m sorry you’re my hope

How could her sadness end

She had the train

Bicycles

And a baby daughter

She had the fall into winter into

Early spring at the hospital

And then another hospital

Surrounded by redwood trees

He had ears that she hoped could hear her

He had a heart that was beating but she didn’t know if she’d ever see his eyes open again

There was a driver

And a crash

How could her sadness end.

She came to take photographs

ignored me

I sobbed

dark street chases leading to

dim lamp confessions

How do you make out on a bicycle?

Close your eyes

peddle your feet so fast

trees ripple

hold tight the handlebars

entwined with his

and kiss

It’s shooting starbursts

it’s a secret

They make a plan

that’s overheard through playhouse walls

I knew it

I knew it

I always knew it

shhhh quiet now

touch my face

and wake up

We could have been a team

better than anything

Layers of tulle are dusty

faded by sun

the fox never came to

illustrate wonder

and make her wander

the right way

Grief driving

she won’t find the right kind of donuts

lemons won’t be delivered

to your doorstep anymore

don’t ask

I thought she was heaven

from

the beginning

I never hated her

like I hated them

now I mostly hate him

So many hide in the pools

of their own perceived importance

it’ll be so long or maybe forever

probably forever

because you are the way you are

living under the unicorn

captured in beauty

making snow angels on

fragile ice ponds

while we are both thinking

the same thing,

“I’m right”