GHOST TOWN, USA
March/April 2009
3/17
Auto Body Shop
Evergreen & V St.
“Di Angelo? Al Angelo? He owns all of Vancouver, and my
brother helped him build half of it….”
Waiting Room
Vancouver Clinic
3/25
For a moment the woman
in the waiting area
reading ELIJAH in jeans,
red sweater, purple socks,
and comfortable shoes
forgets herself
and throws one leg over
the arm of the chair
exposing her crotch
to the longhair
reading poetry
seated across from her
Later, in the clinic
Doctor to patient:
“Were you kinda goin’ in slow motion? It happens. Things
come out at you, then they turn the corner, and they’re gone….
I’m a Vancouverite all the way. Hudson’s Bay…. What are they
doing out there? It’s crazy. It used to be a nice place, but not anymore.”
Nurse:
“Go out in the hall and come back. You can still smell it.
The smell is everywhere out here. Sir, do you smell that?
A printer, a marker smell. Yesterday it was doing a
jibbery-jabbery thing up at the top.”
April 2009
April 3
Mint Tea:
“I’m proud of her for her convictions.
And I think she’s done the research to make the right decisions.”
Naked Toes: A Lament
In the ‘Couve
sunny and balmy
give way to hail storm
within a matter of moments
No matter the weather
nor the time of year
one encounters young ladies
in jeans and flip flops
(a footwear choice New York girls make only for the beach)
provoking the paternal instincts of this East Coaster:
makes me want to buy them all socks
Outside Harney Elementary
4/8
Young woman on cell phone:
“Nothing really to be scared of.
With him working only one day a week….
OK. I love you.”
At “The Red Park”
“Guess what, Daddy, I went poo poo today, twice!”
“In your pants?”
“NOOOOOOOO!”
4/18
Stickered letters in the back window
of a car heading southbound on I-5
near Fort Lewis:
DEVILS ARE DEAD SOULS
The People on the Bus April 2009
4/22
Evergreen and C Street
Waiting for the #32
Guy in brown, paint-spattered hoodie
yells out to his pal, who is walking up C Street:
“Hey, get a job!”
Other guy shouts back:
“I’m tryin’.”
#32
4/24
“I don’t really like ‘em, personally.
He’s a bottom feeder….
They talk a lot.”
GHOST TOWN, USA
Clark College
4/28
ENG 102 student
after class:
“What’s up with that retarded fat chick? I just wanna stab her with
a salty knife. Sterilize that shit. She is always talking, and when she
doesn’t know what she’s talking about, she lies. One day I’m gonna
stab her. She’s gonna be the first.”
Sign in back window of white pickup
parked outside Clark College’s auto mechanics department:
Swine flu
Deporting
Christopher Luna
Vancouver, WA
March/April 2009
3 comments:
Yes! Posted: pictures and prattle. The First Carol visits First Friday.
Best wishes for ongoing success with Ghost Town. Our review will be posted in June at Crow Reviews, I'll send a link when it's up.
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