me reciting one of my poems to charlie mingus
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win-lose
when you lose you gain perspective when you win you lose everything that could have come after the wound when you win you wind the tight rope tighter til you pop
Anti-trade
tree interprets wind telling which way the western one blows by its subtle swaying staying or flowing away away away from the simple explanation of force wind tells tree tells me why i think of you jacaranda bloom in june
lovely sometimes rarely maybe
and i was scared scared scared of existing of actually being reali still am in fact frightened quite oftento this day. this long root of fear that keeps us quiet. no more no masno no more no no more nomasenuf enuf enuf enuffor a lifetime lasted enuf. ya. i thought i couldquiet the storminside meContinue reading “lovely sometimes rarely maybe”
untitled self-corrective
u don’t miss loveu miss the safety of being controlled being told what to dowhat to be the safety of their will u would do wellto know the difference so that next timeyou don’t mistake chainsfor embraces
letter to a friend #5
change happens whether you care or not revolution happens if you believe or not; empires fall always as a rule things can get worse or better if you prepare my dear sister; i know the world has untold weapons against us my dear sister; i know the words alone will not convince you my dearContinue reading “letter to a friend #5”
Amiri Baraka – As a possible lover
practices loneliness, as a virtue. A single specious need to keep what you have never really had. — Read on getlitanthology.org/poemdetail/294/
alibis
what’s your alibi for not living? too many times i gave myself all myself to one who could never ever no, i blame myself more what’s your alibi for not giving? too many times i lived a dream i could not repeat it’s like that what’s your alibi for not trying? i was too tiredContinue reading “alibis”
If I Cannot Feed Myself
If I cannot feed myself I will let you bathe me If I cannot clean myself I will let you teach me If I cannot read myself I will let you tease me If I cannot laugh myself I will let you taste me If I cannot eat myself I will let you face meContinue reading “If I Cannot Feed Myself”
DOCUMENT: The Decline of the United States Empire, James Boggs, 1963 | Black Agenda Report
James Boggs was a Detroit auto worker, activist, and author. Nearly 60 years ago he analyzed revolutionary movements in the Americas and described their role in hastening the U.S. empire’s decline. — Read on http://www.blackagendareport.com/document-decline-united-states-empire-james-boggs-1963