* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
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
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
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
Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how could… Was I depressed? Understanding editing, I see how a comma, removed or inse…
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Going out to the garden this morning to plant seeds for my winter greens —the strong, fiery mustard
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind