to be in the now can stop pandemics
to be in the now
means not to be in the know
in the very long term we will all be covered with snow
to be in the Capitlinian
“The First Geological Age of the Anthropocene”
truly planned obscene essence of obsolessons
hooboy wow
both koreas ignore the sacred cow
& howie’s holy grail
MoreOfMothernature
restore tropical habitats
rediversify rainforests
ask oil palms to shelter in place
help us save the human race
from total disgrace
let us
breathe
free
dorothy day and rita corbin today
rita corbin gave us the power of the zurna
….blown by a black woman clearly in flight
……..coming out of darkest night in white
hair brushed like wings of aphro lizard phoenix
….for maximum energy and lift
……..arriving on time in the Catholic Worker
…………(LXXXXIX, No 5, p 6, August-September 2021)
page one has what dorothy day had to say about the Attica massacre
….and Mass Incarceration in 1971
……..more people need to hear it today
she ends: “because what we sow we will reap.
It is an exercise in courage to write these words,
to speak in this way when it is too revolting to consider
how much we profess and how little we perform.
……..God help us.”
jim reagan in the column next to dorothy’s
“Before 1975, the highest number of people incarcerated in the US
occurred in 1961 when a little more than 206,000 were held.
By the 2000s the number leaped to 2.2 million
constituting 22% of the world’s prison population.”
in 1961 my biggest ex-prisoner friend was malcolm x
in 1962 my first wide-circulating publications were in Muhammad Speaks
in 1965-67 my new world-view was enhanced, then turned around and crushed
….since then I’ve learned to hate the state and love the family
……..treat kith and kin…you won’t have to blush with shame
…………bring an open mind to each fresh confrontation
…………….plant seeds each day for lush vegetation.