Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Election Day


At went into the day with a lot of hugs, hopes,
and in his orange "Abolish I.C.E." sweatshirt.

I can see him in Abdul's thank-you video
looking earnest, focussed... grownup.

This is the small satisfaction 
I grab from the day.


Monday, August 06, 2018

Festival Ready


"I like to race through the shrubs
and festoon myself with vines

I call it hippie chic(k),
Mama!!"



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Sunday, August 05, 2018

Social Justice Playlist


At had a playlist full of Gil Scott Heron and Rage Against the Machine, so we collaborated a bit and came up with some additions.



Janelle Monae                            Hell You Talmbout          Prince                                         Baltimore                                                   When Will We Be Paid?                              Billie Holiday                             Strange Fruit                Sam Cooke                                 A Change is Gonna Come          John Lennon                               Imagine                Bob Marley                                 Redemption Song                                                    Get Up, Stand Up  Joan Baez                                   We Shall Overcome         Dolly Parton                                9 to 5           Green Day                                  American Idiot        The Sex Pistols                          Anarchy in the U.K.  Ani DiFranco                              Boys in Blue             Buffy Sainte Marie                      Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee             P!nk                                             Dear Mr. President             Curtis Mayfield                            (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below Us We're Already Going           Peter Tosh                                    Equal Rights                Sweet Honey in the Rock            Give the People the Right to Vote        Anne Feeney                                Have You Been to Jail for Justice?                 Mary Chapin Carpenter               Houston             Dixie Chicks                                I Hope            2Pac                                              Keep Ya Head Up                 Nina Simone                                Mississippi Goddam        Tracy Chapman                           Rape of the World                                                      Paper and Ink                                                     Talkin' Bout a Revolution                Cat Stevens                                  Peace Train            Patti Smith                                   People Have the Power               Dead Prez                                    Police State         Nelly Furtado                               Powerless (Say What You Want)          Common                                      A Song for Assata                   Pearl Jam                                      World Wide Suicide                                                      Better Man                     Edwin Starr                                  War What’s it Good For? (Absolutely Nothing)                   Jens Lekman                                  I saw Her in the Anti_War Demonstration                  Bikini Kill                                      Rebel Girl             Helen Reddy                                   I am Woman                                                                  Nirvana                                           Come As You Are                                                        Polly
                                                        Rape Me

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Saturday, August 04, 2018

After Hours

The strange demands of the day die
leaving the way a sigh does,
the breath never to return

This pumpkin moon follows
peeping at us at every turn--
part eye, part bullseye

I pull down the book of myself
skimming--I know I should
be farther along by now

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Friday, August 03, 2018

Rosé-Colored Glasses


Some G/F time with LD, ML, and LW at Lake Lansing.
(Lots of secrets, babies, and baby talk.)

And now Mamma Mia #1 with my Nu and my Mama
(prepping for #2 at the cinema tomorrow).

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my beautiful baby

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