Police Are Like a Box of Chocolates
Not my work, but too perfect not to share. Now, can anyone explain how this situation was handled reasonably, or how the end result should not be any different? Reading up on this topic, I came across an upcoming documentary titled Of Dogs and Men that explains the systematic, unapologetic killing of pets by US […]
Our Nuclear War
Seventy years ago today, even after leaders knew the war was won, roughly 50,000 innocent people died instantly at the hands of the US military. In the following months, roughly 100,000 additional humans suffered prolonged, gruesome deaths in Hiroshima, and tens of thousands more would die similarly in Nagasaki. If we are to consider our […]
The Hunt for Walter Palmer
And like a poached lion, Walter Palmer has discovered himself trapped by better-equipped forces, singled out into the open. Let me first clarify that in no way do I wish Walter a long traumatic death – followed, perhaps, by routine skinning and decapitation – or any sort of violence on him at all, and I […]
Add “Emanuel”, or “Charleston”, or “____” to the List
The Five Ws of tragedy will change, but little else will – that is, until we recognize our connection to all tragedies and change our beliefs and behaviors accordingly. To respect men but not women. To side with one race but not others. To embrace love but not for everyone. To pray for Charleston but […]
Rains of Joy
love cries from above: those cooling powers those downward- pulling reminders of how tears enable life
The Golden Spiral
I am a shell, among billions on this rocky beach; lonesome atoms provided me with form. Torn across this vast ocean, I spiral throughout time. Alone. Unnoticed. Yet I feel forever connected
The Wire, Revisited
Regarding Baltimore, here’s David Simon, the mastermind behind HBO’s The Wire, talking about America at a conference in Australia in 2013. The conference being “The Pop Up Festival of Dangerous Ideas”. In referencing “the brick”, Simon, in essence, predicts the Baltimore riots two years before they happen. (His speech is 25 minutes; a Q & […]
When The Buzzards Come
give my boy his lil’ toy back oh lord when the buzzards come up cottonmouth valley, when they come to pick his bones. you said shake’m so I shook’m ‘til his lil’ amber eyes danc’d like them lil’ cussin’ bells. that lil’ toy fell like a buzzard ‘to the tub. i can only hear those ripples now oh […]
Night Shift
it was 6AM or 7 the night shift nurse’s aide changed the subject: you’re so strong. she frowned and swayed towards my arms my lips took on a faint smile my eyes slid across nothingness. earlier that morning around 1:30 or so from my mother’s throat I heard that first subtle pop that unhappy flutter: it only comes at […]
Heart Attack on a Tree House Ladder
my fingers slip-ping cool air squeez-ing my feet kicking sunlight my heart turning over my poor grand-son his wide blue upside down eyes
