* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
Don’t be like those who ask for ev… praise, a blurb, a free ride in my… limousine. They ask for everything… anything in return. Be like those who can see that my…
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.