his back to the sky, his robes manifest as hoodies,
his sneakers gold
the miserly bullet ripped through
inches of skin
millimeters of hair
miles of agony
footsteps of pain
arcs of betrayal
years of sunshines
and of moons
now
taking those measures
measure for measure
bundle it up
pieces of
the oldest tact,
apartheid,
in the mix
today, all of that
spilling into this
oakland
and everywhere else miserly bullets
reign, and rip
he is the master [...]

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That’s what I think too.  A new anti-piracy law allows Mexican police to go after alleged violators of piracy, like piñata makers in Mexico City who sell wares with likenesses to Spider-Man, Toy Story characters, and other allegedly “pirated” materials.  Instead, the police are using the law to extort piñata makers and shop owners.  Why [...]

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a long time to check out.  now its time to check in, i suppose.  i think today i will write in no-caps.
i had a good visit from bad texas recently, and now i realize that i need to write some more.  went to the law school for a nice reunion with people i had not [...]

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Midnight and after, flying on the pavement that cuts through the field of wheat abutting Sugarland’s very own prison, the air unflinching in its heaviness. It renders itself inscrutable, this air. And my thoughts stop as I take it in, my probing ceases the moment the thickness invades my car, pushing me to [...]

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I come back from a night out and decide to make some tea and catch up on the news. In the late hour I’m prone to click non-newsy links and so I do and am confronted with the following:
“Pillow Fight in San Francisco!”
Um, OK. I look at the pictures and it was exactly [...]

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I was just studying. Reading contract law and trying to make sense of how courts calculate damages, how they commodify so an equitable judgment can be reached. No, nix the equitable part.
And then I went to my good friend JP’s site to see what poetry he’s put up of late. He participated [...]

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I’m on vacation now in Houston, and as is proper, there are daily, weekly, and annual rituals to observe and in which to participate.
Like going to the movies with my sister, not staying overnight at friends’ places so I can wake up and eat breakfast with the family, running late to any appointments involving my [...]

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A language spilt out that would have made sense had I been awake. It seemed to resemble a foggy pattern that traced birth to death, the opening of eyes to their closing. The pattern expanded, contracted, took on a life of its own every new second that stampeded into this particular slumber.
Babies crawling, [...]

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Meeting people is not easy.
I think history is the primary reason why meeting new people is not easy. Personal histories. I’m so used to living in Houston and in the Bay Area, where everyone knows what I’m about, what I’ve done, who I’ve hung out with, what my various facial hair configurations have [...]

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I often forget how fast things move. I just realized that I have 2 weeks left in Houston before I pack all my things in my car and head west, until I reach the pacific.
Slowly, nostalgia is building up. Strange, its revealing itself and its funny way before I even leave. Maybe [...]

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