lately i have found myself to be a combatant behind enemy lines wherever i am in the world. the sounds of death are constant – either the current blasting or […]
Tag: transformation
this will be america
my friend jodie reminded me of this piece i wrote a few years ago about being an american revolutionary, particularly section 6. she has reposted that section in the past, […]
lighting candles for orlando, and for all of us
lighting candles of liberation and nirvana for the 50 souls in transition from the pulse nightclub in orlando. i hope they are holding each other in the journey. lighting candles […]
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90 days
jasmine abdullah richards was sentenced today to 90 days in jail. for lynching. she is the first black person ever convicted of felony lynching. it is an outrageous charge. i […]
love is becoming a safe word
love is becoming a safe word one i use precisely when the risk is greater than my courage and i mean slow down with me and i mean take my […]
lemonade. masterpiece.
‘beyoncé is fully in her power and is inviting you to be in yours.’ celeste faison, sitting on couch of the house im staying in in oakland where we are […]
letting a baby go
there is more blood than i can comprehend my mind is full of the idea of the blood and in the weeks after i say more about this abundant blood […]
healing my knees one meaning at a time
turn the whole body to face the future line up the ligaments, the gut, the heart anything turned backwards will snap and shimmer and suffer the meniscus is shaped like […]
wedding speech (renna and geoffrey)
welcome. thank you all for being here. renna and geoffrey thank you for letting us all bear witness to the love you share. i am holding a box with the […]
in semi-poetic response to my mri
technology means i can get an instant notice on an app that my mri results are in. and i can wade through the foreign language of Medicine enough to feel […]