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friends....come BACK!
I'm really trying to rebuild my lj account, so if you want to get a FRIENDS ONLY invite, drop me a line on comment...or backchannel. -
Making friend cuts
hey everyone,
I've decided that i need to cut my f-list down. I added a lot of my friends due to poetry or art or something else. But I've decided to turn this journal into something more about my personal life
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Instuctions to the Man Considering Abuse( A Poem in Progress)
I wrote this poem after watching Oprah, it was this woman that had been beaten for seven years and her son recorded it on video camera. The alleged man said that it was demon's in the house and that's why it happened ( Read more... ) -
Free Book
Hey Lj,
I podcast that i really enjoy performancepoetry.indiefeed.com is having a little contest to recieve a free book "Words in Your Face by Cristin O'keefe Aptowicz. It seems real cool so I decided to enter, basically, all i had to do is post their links in my on-line profiles and send proof to mongo the host.
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UPDATE
Hey everyone,
happy holidays. been spending it with meg's family in rochester, ny. It's been a good time. very relaxing. new christmas traditions i've never seen that i really enjoyed.
I've read Octavia Butler's PARABLE OF THE SOWER , ( Read more... ) -
A Day In New York EDITED
You capture Canal street in low roofs and sly deals in squeezed
space. they peddle cheap time and burnt dvds.
A band of men are fighting Bush with picket signs blaring
jazz on a East Village corner.( Making Activism Cool).
A mexican man sells ripe mangoes coconuts and peaches in
between mid-november and concrete.
F train to Astoria Boulevard.
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Who's JOb is it?
Amiri Baraka said that the way we speak is a political statement, whether we are concious of it or not. Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, June Jordan, both emphasize the necessity in using our voices and claiming our position. There's a story about how Thoreau was in prison because he wasn't paying his taxes(to display his lack of support for slavery or ( Read more... ) -
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what happens when men push buttons behind strong buildings
and Ana can't find her three brothers in eastern Serbia can't
find clean water in the blood rivering the Sudan. Suddenly you only find
arms to bear, never arms to hold in Philadelphia.
how do bullets cost more than heart beats
why is there too much ammunition and never enough band aids
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Myspace.com/mozartpoetry
and myspace.com/haitianhero
peace