The Vine — A VirusHead Poem All this talk of trees, on and on for the phallic market Strategies of an oily snake for leafage sales (once his hanging Globulars were taken). Sublime awareness must be more Than a petty lesson from a parent uncomfortable With the shape of fruition, death more complex Than effect catalyzed by theft of figgish ‘apple’, or … Lest we ruin another ancient secret, the swords still whirl. But there was a gift, a scion,…
The National Black Republican Association has paid for Florida and South Carolina billboards that show a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and claim that he was REPUBLICAN. That’s a claim that really takes some nerve – or desperation. Could it be that there’s some worry about losing the South after all? Now they’re trying to claim MLK – now? Unbelievable. Memes to you all… because there’s no real argument or justification left to vote Republican except fear of the…
Camilo by State Radio [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BkvRnUZJys[/youtube] “Woke him up with a barrel to his head His eyes shut tight bracing for the blow Resigning his life to the metal held In another man’s hand Twenty days in a concrete fallout What life have I to take your own Oh my country won’t you call out Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones And from another land’s war torn corners To a prison cell in my own Punish me for not taking…
Our Declaration of Independence is a radical, wonderful document! Happy Independence Day! read more | digg story
I had just finished writing the first draft of my post below, and a dear dear friend called me just as the wind started up. We got off the phone a little bit before 8, and the rain began. I ran out to pick up a couple of things, came back, and was just starting to have a bite to eat when John and I both noticed that the sky had turned a very eerie shade of yellow. The sun…
I wonder how many Christians regularly visit prisoners to offer consolation and comfort anymore? I’m not talking about ministers or special group missions, but regular laypeople of the many congregations in all their many denominations all over the country. Somehow I think that the ones who call for punishment and torture and war probably don’t do that. A prisoner is someone who is held against their will in… a prison! Oh, you can call it a penitentiary, a correctional facility,…