<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Norwegian Grandfathers</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">My grandfather lived under the viaduct</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Seattle’s postmodern Skid Row</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Salt air softened his dark face;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eyes like the Aleut</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cheekbones like the Chinook</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">He drank under the viaduct fast and furious</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Like the trucks rumbling on concrete above his head</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">He was the Underground Seattle.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">One of its dark knights</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">He ate smoked fish</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">That scented his jacket the day</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">we met;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Brown eyes like mine</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Round face like mine</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Missing teeth like mine</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I was six when we found him<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Our father driving four curious grandchildren</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">To meet a quiet man who out of respect<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Wore a gray suit that hung</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Limp on bent-over bones</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Who couldn’t make his eyes meet mine</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A weathered half smile was his hello</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Descendants of the logging men</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The failed gold miners<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The daring men who once sailed from Oslo</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who knew the sea</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who knew the salmon</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who knew how to shape logs into homes</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And children’s bed boards</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Grandfathers, all of them</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Who slept outside now</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Smelling of salt brine aroma;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The Puget Sound</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I met my grandfather living on skid row</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Who still remembered when giant cedars</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Came skidding down the mountain</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Crashing overhead to the lumber ships below</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Living under those trestles was desperate then,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Still is.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He lived near the sea</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Drank near the sea</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Died near the sea</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Norwegian eyes like the Snohomish</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Quinalt his forehead</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The Athabaskan face</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><span class="gmail-s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Of lost men.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Kristy Hellum</div></body></html>