HOW GILBERT CHANDLER REPRESENTS IN YAKIMA
IS HOW HE REPRESENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
One of us, Old Yakima, the listener.
The one who remembers,
and re-membering, knows how physical
it all is, reading signs, noting changes.
He knows how the old and local
gives way, and doesn’t, adapting.
Who was that whispering, and what
was that whisper, that kind of detail.
Who fished that pond
and what was caught there.
How it wasn’t always fish.
This paying attention is one way
to write a history book.
One way veteran’s serve.
Writing with his eyes
his knowing flies over Oklahoma.
Which man in what truck
crossing what bridge, Gilbert
is all of the above, man, truck, bridge,
and he knows what the bridge knows.
This is why in our town
the people in the know
chose Gilbert Chandler
to represent. He’ll bring back
what doesn’t get written down.
He’s our witness, local and universal.
Jim Bodeen
30 March 2023
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