{"id":4202,"date":"2015-10-16T20:48:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T20:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2015-10-17T03:22:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T03:22:41","slug":"found-poem-found-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"“I Saw You” Found Poem-Found A Home Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Laura<\/a>
Laura Zerebeski
http:\/\/laurazee.com\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At last. We found a place! It’s too small and expensive but we can keep our dog and I like the neighbourhood, Commercial Drive, officially Grandview\/Woodland. So relieved the limbo is over. There\u2019s a park close by so taking Brinda for walks won’t be difficult. The place has a cute little balcony with a view of the city. I can bring my hummingbird feeder and bistro set. Will have to be creative with space and storage. I\u2019m in serious purging mode; sold the barbecue and chiminea, clearing out my closet, piles of stuff to donate, hosting a moving sale next week. Back to the Big Smoke and we are coming full circle, my son born in a house on 1st near Victoria, nearly 21 years ago, my artist self *spawned* in a basement on 34th, near Victoria, less than 20 years before that.<\/p>\n

So no time to write-what else is new-but I came up with this recently. A found poem. Ever read those ads in the back of the Georgia Straight? Always good for a giggle. Human desire truly knows no bounds.<\/p>\n

I SAW YOU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girl reading a book.<\/p>\n

Voluminous yellow scarf.<\/p>\n

First name begins with \u201cK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Big black SUV.<\/p>\n

Born a ginger, I could tell.<\/p>\n

Hypnotic regression.<\/p>\n

Crushing!<\/p>\n

Psych night.<\/p>\n

Grace on wheels.<\/p>\n

Passing in the rain.<\/p>\n

Dark hood and jeans.<\/p>\n

Seated next to me at the hockey game,<\/p>\n

shared popcorn and a Kinder Surprise.<\/p>\n

Foggy falls at Seymour, we rode the chair together,<\/p>\n

sill cursing myself<\/p>\n

for not getting your phone number.<\/p>\n

Tattooed blonde on the bus to Horseshoe Bay.<\/p>\n

Criminal. I like you. A lot.<\/p>\n

Teacher in Surrey, living in Van.<\/p>\n

You had a giant bottle<\/p>\n

for making mead.<\/p>\n

Whistler Gondola Saturday morning,<\/p>\n

embarrassed about my runny nose.<\/p>\n

You asked if I knew of any liquor stores open<\/p>\n

past 6 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Hottie tequila boy.<\/p>\n

Saw you working the front desk.<\/p>\n

Skytrain to Downtown\/Soil Erosion Papers.<\/p>\n

You were so gorgeous I couldn’t get up the nerve.<\/p>\n

Cowboy in white hat driving white Corvette.<\/p>\n

Yaletown brew pub smiles.<\/p>\n

Mountain Biking\/Tennis Court\/Pit Bull.<\/p>\n

Sunset Beach @ Sunset.<\/p>\n

Red Bull poolside party.<\/p>\n

I liked your glasses.<\/p>\n

Davie Street block party.<\/p>\n

We screamed for ice cream.<\/p>\n

Rent cheque. Rex I am obsessed.<\/p>\n

Fairmont Pacific Rim lounge late last night.<\/p>\n

Coffee cutie.<\/p>\n

Instantly attracted to your energy.<\/p>\n

We came very close.<\/p>\n

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At last. We found a place! It’s too small and expensive but we can keep our dog and I like the neighbourhood, Commercial Drive, officially Grandview\/Woodland. So relieved the limbo is over. There\u2019s a park close by so taking Brinda for walks won’t be difficult. The place has a cute little balcony with a view […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4216,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions\/4216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}