at the red hot house party january 2010
Month: January 2010
a spark and a breath in
I had to walk across a desert just to find my own feet I had to break a few hearts just to hear one beat picking up the pieces now I’m puzzled when I weep drinking tears to clean my mouth so my soul can simply speak I had to say everything so I could … Continue reading a spark and a breath in
no joke
I sat down in front of my computer and thought that I could pound out a poem that would suck me, you, and the rest of this room into it like a tornado, but instead I projectile vomited clichéd meta-whores in a start-stop jerking train of thought that went about three intellectual inches before falling … Continue reading no joke
look away
a pause and a breath then nothing perhaps a stare unfocused unaware unwilling to go there ourselves we cannot even look the dead have names we read and remember we read and forget a pause here or there we pay our respect as though we recognize what we owe no service rendered save for the … Continue reading look away
lo siento
it has been way too long since my last post. please forgive me. i've been busy with the work of life. you know how it is. i've been juggling two jobs, several volunteer efforts, and some fantastic new relationships. today is the national celebration of our hero, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and … Continue reading lo siento
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