* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
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…
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
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
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…
Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
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
When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
in our lifetime. Which makes the idea of elections Notice how this word has “man” right in the middle of it? That’s one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he i...
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.