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On This Day
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- November 7, 2020
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On This Day Called back to the word, that We’d make meaning make meaning again Called back to vision, breath, heart Giving fact and actuality some shared …semblance. Cross the threshold out of a madness, Lay to rest all sound and fury, Called back to sense, brought out of The mire of dire-mouthed prophecy, into ...
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The Colonel’s Words
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- September 23, 2020
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“Antietam. Auschwitz. Dachau. Yad Vashem. Mogadishu. Sarajevo. Phnom Penh. Fallujah. Al Anbar. Rwanda. I have walked in all these places, usually in the mornings when it’s quiet. To know that I’ve walked where literally MILLIONS have been murdered is enough to cause a faith crisis in even the most devout. I worry for our country. ...
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Rest in Power, Chadwick Boseman
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- September 23, 2020
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Chadwick Boseman has died. He cemented the role of T’Challa, King of Wakanda, in the 2018 film, Black Panther. In so doing, he was central to an effort that brought Black identity to central focus in the broader American context. He played a character that was the epitome of dignity and just leadership, even in ...
Read MoreI Write from the Future (08.28.3030)*
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- August 28, 2020
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– So, a minor Anniversary of sorts, I suppose. Today marks the 1015th year of my journal. What has changed? Oh, so much…and not much at all. My body is still failing, I am still wishing for a better, newer one. How many have I gone through? I think I stopped counting at 12. Mechanical, ...
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