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My Bootsy(6): Daddy, [schoolmate] keeps saying "sex" because he thinks it's a bad word. Is sex a bad word?
Me: No, but it isn't nice to say. Like "shut-up".
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Tonight is the slam finals for DC. I should say one of the DC teams. Usually at this time I have a good idea of who the team will be and how well I will do. This time is different. First, qualifiers are once a month. For all the teams that I've been on previously, qualifying was a weekly thing. So, even though the judges were random, I got a ( Read more... ) -
Easter Monday
I wonder how many people are at the National Zoo today. (African-Americans have been doing that longer than we have been called "African-American", over 100 years.) I wonder how many of them are discussing Spike Lee vs Tyler Perry. I wonder how many are discussing Al Sharpton vs intellectuals. I wonder how many still feel Obama is King's dream ( Read more... ) -
I'm not a comedian
A couple of months ago I’m sitting in the green room (corner of the venue) at a comedy showcase/ fundraiser. The organizer just handed the comedians a list, the order each of us were to perform and how much mic time we had. My name on the list includes the nickname, “FunkPoet”. The comedian sitting next to me had never seen me perform before ( Read more... ) -
cousins
Bootsy (my 6-yr-old): Daddy, what's a cousin ( Read more... ) -
Clueless
I thought my six year old was asleep in his booster, middle-row, mini-van. He asks out of nowhere, "Daddy, how did the world start ( Read more... ) -
Richard Wright
The first day of spring:
A servant's hips shake as she
Wipes a mirror clean. -
Thumbs Down
The baby (let's call him 'Buddha') has a bed downstairs. It seems like a good idea until until early one morning, like three-o-clock earlier this week, and Buddha starts to cry. I drag my sleeping body down the stairs in the dark, holding on to the railing for balance. Holding on is not always the smartest thing to do. I miss the final step and ( Read more... ) -
Nothing to Say
I don't need to tell you that I have not blogged here in a long time. The last consistent entries have been during poetry month. That's because I have nothing to write about. My life is primarily things that I told myself I would not burden others with. Like the details of raising children. That stuff is important only to parents, right? Who ( Read more... ) -
Libations
**splash**
thank you for Angela's Ashes. i laughed and cried for real.
**splash**
yes. 'Tis
**splash**
thank you. you taught me a lot Teacher Man
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It has been a long July