Crosscut saws and cork boots in one\nwindow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coast Guard preservers and crab floats\nin the other \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lending library banished to a dark\nalcove,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Westerns, Stephen King, Lee Child<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSlow Ride\u201d by Foghat plays<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then comes \u201cProve it All Night\u201d by\nBruce<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI’m not boyfriend material,\u201d a\nwoman says \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sizes up a rival for her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
non-boyfriend on her phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat bitch is too cute!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mural of old town on the back wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Illustrations of old timers from back\nin the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Seahawks grind out a drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A greyhound for lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A white Russian for brunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirsty Thursday Special: $2 Hamm’s All\nDay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open 8:30 to midnight<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sign says \u201cThis is a Longshoremen\nbar.\u201d \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Union Longshoremen long gone from North\nBend<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s left of them \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tend\nto their blame<\/p>\n\n\n\n
like hoeing a dead garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McGovern carried this county in ’72<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That seems impossible<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But men who drank here \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
once knew how their bread<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was buttered<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nearby Dollar Tree is hiring<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So is the Indian casino<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greet the greeters at Wal-Mart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McGovern tried \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He visited the Humboldt, campaigned<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He drank with Longshoremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They slapped his back<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He carried Coos County<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McGovern lost Oregon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He won one state<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He quoted Yeats in his concession\nspeech<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You think anybody in America is writing\na poem<\/p>\n\n\n\n
where George McGovern inhabits the\npoem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Right now in the Humboldt Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in North Bend<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on a Sunday morning in October<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with hash browns and an IPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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