Self Portrait
October, 2004

By Josh LaMar

I'm the one with the book. 
You've seen me before, 
Engrossed in something or another. 

It used to be fiction, 
When I used to take the 
7 all the time. 

Now, it's coursework for me on the 67. 
With the dream to graduate, 
One day, to the Microsoft bus-the
545-filled with laptops, lattes and 
Six-digit salaries. 

I'm sick of "barely getting by,"
For Belltown standards... 
Thus, the book.