* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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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...
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
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
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...
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…
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
You confide in me that you are lonely,
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
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
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others