* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others
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…
Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
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
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:
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 they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they