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To: Coretta
“I’ve been stripped.”
Actress Cicely Tyson at the funeral of Coretta Scott King.
Walk beside me, Corrie,
in your heels and pearls.
Go ‘head, put some pretty
in this movement.
And as you march,
sing me your secrets.
What happened that day?
When you wept over your man?
Before we were all Martin;
After we knew you could
do more than have babies.
You buried yourself on […]

 
Joe Trippi: As bad as this may seem — this campaign has been much more positive than any I can remember (at least so far).

A novel I’m working on about relationships. It’s presented as a series of vignettes. Writers, editors, readers, give me suggestions!

Red conservatives VS. Blue liberals.White VS. Blue collars.
Black VS. White.
Green money from inflated gas prices and lobbyists
VS. the Silver lining of change.
Red blood spilled in foreign wars
VS. Blue-blooded American pride.
Green cards VS. Red, White and Blue birth certificates.
Red Cross VS. Blue Cross Blue Shield medical care.
An economy operating in the Red VS. in the Black…
This […]

Perhaps because God doesn’t like peas either, Charlie’s father walked in.

are just as comforting
with my brothers, Chai waffles
and chicken sandwiches
our server’s busy with a table
of guys laughing as they stick
fries up their noses
she works at 2 a.m. around
scrambling busboys and change
ringing as the register draw
opens while a cashier stuffs
bills into tiny envelopes
Fred speaks of a friend who
caught her old flame and ex-
best friend holding hands
as […]

 
Church Painter  “Why should one always make people happy? It might be a good idea to scare them once in a while.”
Jons  “Then they’ll close their eyes and refuse to look.”
Church Painter “They’ll look. A skull is more interesting than a naked woman.”
Jons “If you do scare them–”
Church Painter “Then they think.”

An archived video interview with the great Novelist, Toni Morrison.

“So are you coming this year?”
“No.”
“But, why not J, everyone wants to see you. Grandma’s even coming this year.”
“You know why I’m not coming, Ma. You act like you don’t know, but you do.”

Dedicated to my wife and newborn son - Josiah Jadon Kee born on 2/8/08:
With promiscuous boys and girls running rabid in clubs today, is anyone else curious about what exactly happens the day after these people meet and go their separate ways?  Other than the reality of lifestyle threatening diseases, is anyone else giving thought to […]