Unplanned

The potbellied man said it was amazing
his long hair tangled and wet
the skinny lady in a bikini from her long-gone teenage years concurred
"Put your hands over your head"
they advised
"It feels like bricks dropping on your head"
A bus of tourists from India scrambled down
the edge of the creek
They pulsed forward
closer
closer
We looked up
up
up
"Let's go!"
My brother-in-law urged
Fully clothed we waded in
to the pool at the bottom of the waterfall
smashing
crashing
clashing
Screaming in delight
At the utter joy of life
shattering into crystals of light
and heavy
on our heads

What I Saw Today

I walked to the Fox Regal Cineplex
at 7:31pm I crossed 10th street at Yamhill
I looked up 10th
a sheet was in the middle of the street
a police car was stopped
doors ajar
screeched askance
a leg poked out from under the sheet
tennis shoe on
no one covered it up
no one looked
no one stared
the trolley stopped
dropped off passengers
then left
no one noticed the tennis shoe in the street
attached to the leg
that poked out from the sheet
in the middle of the street
by the police car
askance
I walked past
and wondered
why