Tag: respect
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Responsibilities in the morning
Before the tin was left nearly empty, the weather began taking a dramatic turn but the behavior worsened in the sixth grade but somehow lessened in the seventh. Announcements for buses were nowhere near and the chatter was incessant with the exception of the few willing to learn. In almost every class, at least one […]
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fool who shouldn’t walk the line
[This is meant to be hummed/sung as an exploration of the blues through an omniscient narrator. Think Pink Anderson, J.D. Short, Otis Rush, Sonny Terry] Through the screen of a window, the sun shines brightly illuminating leaves small and still dangling from branches reaching far above the lazy streets. Suddenly, a sweet female voice shouts […]
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whose progress
What can be said about the Guantanamo hunger strike if information is not being shared honestly by those who can deem information appropriate for public consumption? How surreal it must be to live in a community in which top tiers of a hierarchy can be occupied only through hospitalization as a form of identity preservation. […]
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many pages and half moons
The first warm breeze of the spring season tickled a young boy’s ears for no apparent reason. He watched the branches’ rigid movements and let his nose be overwhelmed by the scent of moist soil until upon a horizontal current slid a screen door. When he turned around and saw his playmate run from afar, […]
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southern something
The couple behind me, eating in the Atlanta airport, were discussing enthusiastically their strong distaste for current occupations and the mother expresses rather fervently a situation in which a manager approached her about something that she (the mother) needed to address. Before this conversation took place, the mother scolded the young child in attendance for […]