Wacker Continued financing) “ But we are paying it,” argues Kuffner. “ Well, it’s just a difference in philosophy,” concludes the Bank. Well, okay, it’s just a difference in philosophy. But the public has a right to know what that philosophy is. Especially since it’s apparently being supported by a cogent triangle of municipal power: the Mayor, the Portland Development Commission, and the First National Bank. PDC doesn’t expect Wacker to stop at 600 employees; according to their Fact Sheet, they anticipate expansion to 1,000 employees by the mideighties. (“ What if silicon wafers are surpassed by silicon bubbles?” needles Kuffner. “They might just shut down the plant and move somewhere else.” ) And the Bank doesn’t expect Portland’s diversification into the computer industry to end with Wacker. “Once an industry begins in an area, it starts to grow on itself,” they explain. Which means new companies may come in to help Wacker make wafers. And maybe-if Portland is real good-new companies The School of the Arts & has moved! may come in to put those wafers into computers. So take your pick, Puddletown. Leave the old companies alone and endure mixed neighborhoods and narrow roads. Or move the old companies to new sites and subsidize the expense. Or salute the city’s apparent policy: goodbye bailers, hello wafers. Not being a fan of business old or new, I myself have no rerl preference. But I don’t think Frai k Ivencie deserves to be called a jackass for expressing some of the sentiments of the medium-sized business community: they’re part of his constituency and he’s got a right to advocate for them if he wants. And speaking of constituencies, consider this: when Wacker and Fujitsu and Philips all settle into Portland in the eighties, what will their politics be? What sort of city will the Gang of Software envision? What kind of politicians will these Multinational Giants encourage? I hope you like Missouri, Mr. du Vai. Anyone for soccer? -XThe new campus is at 8245 SW Barnes Rd. For information and registration call 228-4741 Poet City (for Marty Christensen) by Katherine Dunn Old cities are clean and deny it, Paris spinning black water on stones, Rome bleached to forget the Orient, Accept Portland in holy name Oregon, there is, do not Complain, some dog shit exculpated by grass, By the encroaching earth whose strength is not yet Obliterated, but the hard spots, unabsorbent Are dedicated by poets too poor to feed dogs. Creep nodding past the monuments Rosey puddle, brown pool, stone island in congealed acid, Remnant of Quality Pie, relic of Hamburger Mary, proof Of the Renaissance immortal, human glory. But you thought it was bikers or bums; old men spilling On the way to empty rooms Do not misunderstand these devotions of the poets, Struck in their cups, kneeling outside the thousand taverns, Crouching beneath the cross-walk signs, hunched, Hands on knees at the entrance of every parking lot spewing Pain and acrid mucous, heaving out songs of Ceta, Squeezing out ballads of too little food and too much blitz Raping their bellies for pink and lumpy sonatinas, Strophe burnt love, Antistrophe hope, The pools are widening under gothic fountains, Soft gargoyles arching over a liquid buttress My mother is dead, my father is dead My children lie broken in their blood sacks on the Gull heavy barges, My manuscript is locked in the closed tavern, It has fallen beneath the table, other poets slide their Mud toes through its sweet pages and the bartender Will not let me in to retrieve it. The bartender is Angry at the soun of my songs in his bottles, at the smell Of my puke on his floor. He rages that I do not tip him And that the free froth of my neighbors beer sets me crooning Oh my lost white papers with their love stains Indented. Clinton Street Quarterly Vol. I No. 1 The Clinton Street Quarterly is designed and edited by: Lenny Diener, Eric Edwards, Joe Uris and Bev Walton. Published by The Clinton Street Theater, Inc. 2522 S.E. Clinton St., Portland, Oregon 97202. This publication’ is free. All rights reserved. th an k s Mike DeJonnette Natures Its SW 6+bAve. (between Oak vWne) • Fresh vegetable & fruit salads • Homemade soups, breads, desserts • Organic juices • Frozen honey yogurt • Sandwiches • Whole wheat natural pizza • Exciting entrees Served in a beautiful atmosphere. Welcome to the finest in natural foods. Now in downtown Portland! Validated Free Parking after 5:30 Hours: Mon-Thurs 11-8 Fri 11-9 Saturday 12-9 Sunday 3-8 Orders to go: 224-5890 4
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