we can’t run up
to the old lady at the bus,
grasp her hand, but can
watch our way into her, peel
her clothes to expose
young flesh, see
how eyes flick
to a child she recalls
dead in his crib. take
the seat with her, know
her list, the friend
and meat she picks,
how she hates the cold,
is used to rain and fine
slow rides.

Back Fence PDX will hold its December event, Rock the Bells, on Wednesday, December 10 at the Mission Theater in Northwest Portland. The awesome lineup includes local Portland musicians Gideon Freudmann, Adam Shearer, Nick Jaina and others telling unmemorized, true eight-minute stories based on the Rock the Bells theme.

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