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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Manly Rites of Passage (National Poetry Writing Month)

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No time to chat! Let's get down to business ...
Polo shirt hangs at a funny angle,
Chest of arms logo from his elementary school
practically on his shoulder.
He holds out crumpled bills
with head held high
lips parted slightly
as only the young or the innocent can.

His father's hand
comes down slowly,
Like a VTOL jet landing in field of eggshells
a proud pat of reassurance
right above that logo.

Identical tapered fades,
smaller footsteps matching bigger ones
he's learning how to be like daddy
one cut at a time

"Little Man"
By Hannibal Tabu

Let's do this again tomorrow, yes?

Playing (Music): "Where We Gotta Be" (live at Temple Bar) by Brig Feltus

NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I
may look there ...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Ack ack ack ack ack! (National Poetry Writing Month

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Thought I was gonna fall off, huh? It's still Tuesday, fool! Let's go!

*Hannibal slumps over*

How did I actually forget this all day? Stupid life ...

Okay ... lessee ... ooh, this came up at dinner ...
Can't learn nothing and something at the same time.

Seemingly simple sentiment for a six-year-old
got wheels turning like Journey put 'em in the sky
as African-influenced consciousness
chafes at shackles of westernized dichotomal toggle switch.

Both/and feel more right than either/or
meditation proves how much can enter empty minds
but all the highfalutin' sophistry
won't help bandanna'ed first grader
get the point.

Tight rope of black-and-white absolutism
stands in contrast to shades of gray life
but satire seems serious
the impossible's just out of reach
and horizons seem much farther away for her.
There is a deeper world than this,
but it won't be tugging at her hand
tonight.

I stick to the point,
Tell her to pick a side
and script the apology I'll owe her in her twenties.

"What did you learn in class today?"
by Hannibal Tabu
Moving on ...

Watching (Hulu): 24 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

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