United States of America
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Nervous Breakdown
I don’t know about you, but I think something is terribly wrong. I think the people of the United States of America are having a nervous breakdown. Every day you hear/read/see stories about hate/violence/anger/really hateful anger/with words and guns/knives/cars, all… Continue reading
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New York New York: Loud
I recently spent twelve days in New York, the city where I was born, attending a family memorial and doing research for several writing projects. This is the first of several essays I am writing to help me understand what… Continue reading
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They Came for Me
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for… Continue reading
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Instructions For Making and Using an Ax Handle
An Ax Handle, also called a haft, has five parts: the Eye, the Shoulder, the Belly, the Throat, and the Knob. ALL we wanted was to be served lunchat the whites-only lunch counterInside a F.W. Woolworthfive-and-dime store In Jacksonville, Florida,… Continue reading
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The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon
The Latino Theater Company Presents, now playing at the Los Angeles Theatre Center The following review was written during the National Latino Theater Festival, Encuentro 2024, last fall. by Rebeca AlemanDirected by Iraida TapiasWater People Theater│Chicago, Illinois Inspired by true… Continue reading
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Contradictions
Ignore The Rules Dicktator Teach Patriotism Blackout The Truth Arms Race Prioritize Life Hunt Anti-Christians Fiction Deport Illegals Euro Nation Fire Federal Workers Strangle Oversight Smash Regulations We Die End EPA Who Cares Dump Social Security Let Old People Die… Continue reading
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them they us
us don’t carethere is no empathy left in usno sympathyno care in the universe them us know who they areseriously they are themfacelessunnamedthey might as well be invisible ushave enough pain in our worldus cannot will notassume the debt of… Continue reading
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Something Is Terribly Wrong
The bargain seemed simple enough. If Donald Trump were elected to another term as president- and I’m paraphrasing here- we would see the most significant period of prosperity in the history of our country. Again. Or for the first time?… Continue reading
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CHAOS.
I’m reviewing my memory disks(I mean U.S. history) traveling way backbefore my time when the world=CHAOS. Colonialism ImperialismSlavery GenocideExploitationWorkers of the WorldUnite(no one is going to protect you)the color of your skinthe skin of your color(the first U.S. Civil War)=CHAOS.… Continue reading
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Fear and Loathing in America
“The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are… Continue reading
