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Words cannot express the slow emptying of hope in my heart
When I see the venom in intellectual discourse
Has anyone ever invented such a run-around
As genius-gladiators proudly waving their pole arms?
They cut with blade and wait not to see the pain in their foe’s eyes
They are cut and do not hesitate to examine their own wounds
To [...]
Slow Rotation
The slow rotation of this earth
Allows my thoughts to simmer
My emotions to have free roam
Without a leash or accountability
My dreams are on a low burn
As the world slowly turns
And I wonder if they will harden and carbonize
On the steady flame
The air is thick on a night like tonight
And the nation celebrates its independence
By parking far, [...]
This Is The Way To Start
Tonight I went to the gym
And pushed and pulled on the iron machines
Weights swinging back and forth
The rhythmic clanging, the grunting,
The whirring of inventions that make
Us run in place, sweat pouring,
Torturous contraptions they are that
Make our faces contort
But in this obstacle course
Investments are made in blood and perspiration
And my heart is pumping to this moment
That [...]
A Night Out
2:49am 11/29/07
A night out painting the town red
The color of blood, the color of the heart
Cranberry juice mixed with soda, is it true?
It’s not every night that I paint nowadays
But to see the whoopin’ and hollerin’
Brings memories of when I felt that thrill
To be surrounded by humanity
Short and tall
Fat and skinny
Although I’m not sure those [...]
My River of History
I “interviewed” my mother about her father, my maternal grandfather, earlier this week. I was hesitant to do this assignment (for my creative writing class at Pasadena City College). I don’t know why now. I didn’t want to sit down and engage my mother about it. Although having done that a bit [...]
Today I Opened A Chocolate-Covered Fortune Cookie
Today I opened up a chocolate-covered fortune cookie
And found no fortune
I had green beans, and a little bit of sushi
Spicy tuna and shrimp tempura rolls
Fusion asian is what they call this kind of place
Good company and decent food
And hey they filled up my coke once and even asked
A second time
But I said no
But today I [...]
3:13 in the morning
3:13 in the morning
3:13 in the morning
and my mind refuses to go to sleep
3 hours and 13 minutes into the backyard of night
and the electricity in my head’s still running deep
it’s a graveyard of memories, steep in images
still pictures, camera flashes, a slideshow that loops
my soul’s a chameleon that adjusts to the light
people’s faces, her [...]
Simple Words (Do Ya Know What I Mean?)
Simple words and simple acts, to get right down to the bottom of it
Simple words and simple acts, to make it easier for me or you
No codes or puzzles, no mazes to traverse
Just simple words and simple acts, to portray the honesty of it
Complexity has no place within this communication
I say yes, when I mean [...]
Air Grows Stale
Heartbreak at my computer moniter
I hear the cars outside cutting the air, as they
Rush to urgent appointment or lazy rendezvous
Never mind that this is the City of Angels, brother to Hollywood
Younger cousin to the Big City in the East
Because it is an airless night in my room
With the hum of my processor
and the muffled chatter [...]
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