Deep dark wrinkles etch the face looking up at me<\/p>\n
An Indian at the post office, back against the wall<\/p>\n
Legs curled under him, or maybe none at all<\/p>\n
His sign reads: homless, hungry, plees help me<\/p>\n
I kneel down, knees on the ground, now eye to eye<\/p>\n
Strange alter–the thought flashes and rushes by<\/p>\n
What tribe I ask, pulling out bills for this hungry guy <\/p>\n
Duwamish he says, sounding shy with a tear in his eye<\/p>\n
You know of Princess Angeline then, Seattle’s daughter.<\/p>\n
Ma told me stories yes, said that gramma knew her<\/p>\n
No one believed her, cause she was a whisperer<\/p>\n
But I’ve been where Wewick squatted, with her beads and her water<\/p>\n
How about we exchange: give me a dream, I give you dollars<\/p>\n
You the crazy man, but I’ll play. You serious?<\/p>\n
Ask your friends. They call me Doctor Serious<\/p>\n
You a doc? PhD, a freeloading member of a community of scholars<\/p>\n
What’s with the rhymes? Keeps the talk from being small<\/p>\n
What’s the dream? I was gettin’ outa the wind at the new hotel<\/p>\n
They called the police and ran me off. Today it happened, real as hell <\/p>\n
Same as the dream. At the Marriott? Yes, just using their damn wall.<\/p>\n
Can’t see it’s worth two bucks he says as I hand him the money<\/p>\n
Oh it is, it is, and more, but that’s my going rate for now<\/p>\n
I’m off to the Marriott, I’ll explain the origin of my new vow<\/p>\n
I will say, I will not stay, I will not pay, not even a copper penny <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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