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[geologic]

a book reopened. a chapter not resumed but rewritten. a late summer evening disguised as may 16. a few more babies, a few less colonizers, . a slate wiped clean. felt like home. or rather, it felt like a home i used to live in that other people have since moved into, and i was just visiting. i can't help it - i will always be drawn by the magnetic

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[lorenaa]

"it felt like a home i used to live in that other people have since moved into, and i was just visiting"
almost sounds like gentrification

[yeloson]

i almost forgot how some get embraced and others get laughed at for shedding the same blood.

And again, "politics" vs. politics. Difference being one is only about hate, while the other is love vs. hate.

[baqchoy]

"i almost forgot how some get embraced and others get laughed at for shedding the same blood

[geologic]

peace bro, it was good seeing you too. something that was missing for a minute felt fufilled on tuesday.

i guess i've sat back and reflected on the "safe space" thang, and since nobody seemed to ever question it, we missed out on asking ourselves, "safe... for whom?"

we were all guilty of it, myself included. i guess tuesday night brought back the memories of brothas and sistas who we may have done dirty by clowning them, openly or covertly. folks who came through once or twice and never came again. there were alot of them. (sonny bonoho's performance of "strippa" in '01 STILL deserves a laugh, tho).

as for the clowning that happened internally, especially when we'd mock each others pieces during rehearsal... man, i actually DO miss that. by then it was all good cause we were fam. i just feel real bad for those who never had the chance to feel that way b/c they felt discouraged, rather than encouraged, after an open mic experience.

[kiwizzo]

alright man... need another summing up... kultural formation in the yay area is becoming realer by the second.

I felt the weirdness

[luzvimindalulu]

I remember iM visiting Pullman/WSU for FASA events and conferences. It is weird moving to Seattle with memories of 5 years back. I remember poems... with "Ikalitpuna, pass it around" and "Isangmahal... one love." I remember I WAS BORN WITH TWO TONGUES (from Chicago) performing with iM. I remember asking around... asking what happened. I remember meeting you at Wing Luke and asking where that space was. I still wonder what happened. Did people get in the way of themselves? That event felt tense and people were vulnerable again like people were recovering from wounds. It seemed like people wanted it, but were afraid they would be hurt again. I don't know the whole story, but words can heal and move people to action. I still want spaces to create. The youth inspired me. We are grown now supposedly, but got a lot to learn. I think I am going to hang with the Youth and learn for awhile. I just hope people continue to build something so that they have spaces to create and voice their struggles. Poetry is Brown people's

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[baqchoy]

"I just hope people continue to build something so that they have spaces to create and voice their struggles."

the very fist peace.. they voiced their struggles... i think (prolly almost) every peace after that they voiced their struggles...

Re: I felt the weirdness

[luzvimindalulu]

that's what i am saying. it was nice, can't wait for the next one ("continue to build"). i am glad iM is back, because ever since I moved to seattle, I wanted to go and hear and listen. it felt good to relate to the struggles mentioned. it was beautiful. who is this by the way?

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[baqchoy]

hint: i saw senait in the bahamas