elusive

a social beast , me
should i be hiding from you
you are no monster

love is elusive
so tyren asks obama
why do they hate you ..

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[ 9-year-old fourth-grader tyren scott of paulina, la.,

asked , president obama during a town hall meeting at the university of new olreans in new olreans on thursday 15 oct 2009

" why do people hate you
they are supposed to love you
god is love " ]

[ Ed :- Line 1 - alive on the earth ]

conquer

a galley slave rows
therefore your heart aches for him
that's hallelujah

distant radio
marley's buffalo soldier
wanting to survive..

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[ Ref : Buffalo soldiers The first black regiments in the regular US army,
established by Congress on July 1866.

Background : _Mullin : _( click ) > - - History --

_ Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta:
There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of america,
Stolen from africa, brought to america,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival

bob marley/ singer -songwriter / ]

talisman

did it cross your mind
that love burrows through the heart
with a rabbit's foot

warding off evil
sanctified and made holy
the sun and the moon ..

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descent.osi

^{( the other side of _ )} ascent

climbs to her classroom
but comes down with the homework
the carousel moves

the kindergarten
elation & depression
only a seesaw ..

~ ~
the rain descends - -

& the light descends - -

but lift the spirit -

(oct 07.2009.wed)


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color

color-blind

watch their grey hunger
it is passionate and raw
like half fed bellies

why don't you describe
the hues of other passions
an editor asks ..

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[ Ed - Line 3 : like empty stomachs ]

fog

^{( clouding - )} _the fall

that leaf in the sky
must also face the season
what if it's a cloud

i have seen them fogged
by the encompassing grief
in search of sunshine ..


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thirst

hold a drop of rain
in the hollow of your palm
water is sacred

know the taste of tears
since the very ancient times
i drink the oceans ..

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