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It’s been a long time since I last posted. Life has been lived. The Seed (he hates when I refer to him as such) has grown. Flowers and vegetables are blossoming/blooming on my balcony garden. The life I am living now is totally different from the life I thought about living in my twenties and early…
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I am against terror in any of its manifestations. Any of its manifestations? How many manifestations can terror have? Isn’t it strictly Islamic fundamentalist? Growing up as a black immigrant girl child in Boston during the late 70’s and 80’s, I have to say no. In fact, I have to say more than no. I…
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She cried me a river which I populated with salmon. She then fished up my nose for coke fiend dreams to tell her unstoried friends but I was unpowdered like puff the magic dragon. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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They say that Illinois is the land of Lincoln And that Springfield is the heart of that land. They say that Lincoln was ugly, morose and awkward And that despite his character flaws he should be honored For keeping the country together For freeing Africans from chattel slavery. They say, they say, they say Until…
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Requiem for L Days of wine and roses were never a part of my twenty-four except once. Understanding my need to sip and sniff, he brought me Ethiopian honey wine and Somali Rose incense. Understanding his need to make a dollar out of fifteen cents, I stood beside him on Oakland corners selling good smells.…
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This is a tremendous public service Sarah Webb is doing. Hope it resonates with you as well.
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Over the past few days, I’ve had several blocks of time when I was all alone. Just me by my lonesome. And I loved it, every single millisecond! It tempts me to issue a request of the universe and ask for one week; one week when my son is somewhere safe where he can have…
Tichaona Chinyelu 
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