I am so ashamed and so sorry.
I walked past a woman face down on the sidewalk in the horrible heat of last Saturday. A pool of vomit just a foot away from her still body. It was 4th or 5th Avenue near downtown. The sun was an oven, cooking me and cooking her. But I walked on. I was traumatized by the site and now I'm traumatized by my inaction. I didn't even think to dial 911. How easily I could have called for help. I now hate myself. I hate that I've become totally inured to the suffering of people around me. And I now hate Portland with all my heart. I once loved PDX but it has lost its soul and destroyed mine.