A second sun is born here,a second sun lights firesover our crownswith magic words that pouredover the cliff sides…They are clearand we are thirstyfor the new language…for spell wordsthat make possible a second moonclimbing over the mountain.Rising as gentle as a morning Venusreturned from her time in Hadesher restin pomegranates and darkness. We drop seedsRead more
You’re the one with the heavy chest and broad backthe buffalo soldier hairacross those wide ribs—bones of the world—down to your fast narrow hips You’re the one I lay down with at night You’re the one whose curls I pull through my fingersThe one who holds the earth still for me Yours are the darkRead more
How many of us have felt that we’re only earning our money—really working—if we’re suffering? Even if you’ve never felt that way personally, how many of us think that’s what America wants us to believe? That if we’re not suffering, our work is not valuable, won’t be paid for, and we’re f*qed. We all knowRead more
… isn’t immortality. It’s money. There’s a TED Talk about it. About how we’ve all just agreed to predicate a great deal of our everyday activities on the notion that a rectangular piece of green paper means value. That it has value, that we need it to do business, buy stuff, stock the fridge, getRead more
For the most part, I don’t think most of us know we’re going to die. And for the most part, I don’t think we know that we’re truly, deeply, intrinsically connected, either. I found out I was going to die when I was 34 because I was diagnosed with a cancer that had persisted forRead more
I’m the tail end of generation X and have explained that experience to millennials like this:when I was applying for college, I had to mail away for catalogues and write essays out on paper and mail ‘em in, and wait for paper letters of acceptance. My first week of school, my parents had moved toRead more
2019 was a critical point in our collective acknowledgement that we have poisoned our Earth. Perhaps 2020 is the year we reach critical mass in acknowledging that we have poisoned ourselves. This is something I have experience with. The poison tree is easy to plant. Too often the poison tree is what we throw overRead more
Did we plant a Poison Tree? Will we plant a Medicine Tree?Read more
2019 street art saw animals everywhere. And it was not just the usual suspects like Sonny Sundancer, Marthalicia and Mr Prvrt anymore. No, it’s everywhere. And I think there are some very good reasons why… I’ve had cancer twice. The first time, I knew my life was messed up (there’s a book about it; youRead more
There’s a saying: “if you can hurt an animal, you can hurt a person.” That statement refers to the condition of the predator, not the prey, but I’m going to flip it for a moment. That predator sees no value in life. But what is the condition of the prey? For me, it’s not soRead more
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