NPS Haiku #4

[citizenwind]

You're a black poet
named Manifest Destiny.
READ SOME FUCKING BOOKS.

Comments

[sirenoftitan1]

Did I miss the first 3?

Add me to your friends list, yatch.

[citizenwind]

I talk about pretty personal things under the friends-lock, and don't just open it blindly.

[sirenoftitan1]

Fair enough, though my life will be less complete.

[smyley]

I've been added a couple times and taken off a couple of times...each time my life gains a little more meaning...and each time I die a little inside.
=P

[mojgani]

under manifest destiny in wikipedia:

National policy was that Indians had to become civilized and abandon hunting and become farmers. Advocates of civilization programs believed that the process would greatly reduce the amount of land needed by the Indians, thereby making more land available for purchase by white Americans.

[citizenwind]

how about, from the same entry:

"The term combined a belief in expansionism with other popular ideas of the era, including American exceptionalism, Romantic nationalism, and a belief in the natural superiority of what was then called the "Anglo-Saxon race," i.e., whites of English heritage."

[mojgani]

and of course, as it says, the term can be used to mean really whatever one wants it to mean, but still. that's kind of a copout.

[citizenwind]

but still very awkward for a person of color to proudly call themselves, I'd say.

[jomar_h]

Oh god. It's too nuts to have been made up.

I think all poets should name themselves after evil institutions. The trick will be to pick out the ones that sound good before anyone else gets to them. Maybe spell them weird so people know you're sweet.

I'm now slamming under the stage name "RRReaganomiXXX."

[faery_lites]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

i don't want to actually second that because it's mean. but i happened to catch him in texas. so i'm just going to say it's funny.

[faery_lites]

i don't k now that i caught those incidents specifically, most of my time (when not at bouts) was spent in 316. mostly because i was staying there.

so yes i was in austin. and i got to hear him read and converse after which. it was a sight to be seen. or heard, i guess.

[citizenwind]

man, I was right down the hall. you should've introduced yourself around the event!