Category: Just Thinking
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Dear Neema Avashia
Bill Withers. He’s the reason I felt ok accepting a job as a DEI Director at a college in West Virginia just 6 months into the COVID-19 pandemic. A job I thought would send me to a place where I could finally make a difference. Whatever that means. Years at universities in the Pittsburgh area […]
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Delphine
Writing Delphine by herself for right now. Well, I thought I’d just be writing her and then grandmama ancestors started coming forward with stories. I don’t know where this will take me but I’m listening. Oh and Manuel has grandmamas waiting for their turn to talk as well. This couple. WOW.
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Manuel and Delphine 3
He had always wrapped himself in California blueOcean Sky DenimSmiled to match She worried watching the business change him into a different kindMoon Coal AzureStone to protect himself from hurt He made his show a hit week after week and line after lineHe told her he was happy with the success and saddened by the […]
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Manuel and Delphine 2
More on Manuel and Delpha. I started writing a story about them today. I’m liking it so far. It’s kind of fun to be inspired by them. So some clarifications. This isn’t a couple I know personally. And although the inspiration is real, what I write about them is fiction. This is poem 2.
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Manuel and Delphine 1
This poem is for a young couple navigating budding celebrity life. I have no idea. I imagine it is rough. If I ever get to meet them, I’ll tell them that I wrote this for them. That I rooted for them.
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Stay Love
Reflection on a social media post I saw a tv star make about his wife. I root for lovers. I want them to win. I want them to stay that way.
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The DJ and The Heart
This was never going to be a great love but it’s nice it never turned into a horrible heartbreak.
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Caste Last Night: A Long Shadow Read
A third standing ovation for Isabel Wilkerson’s talk last night.
