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I See Hope

Friday, February 29th, 2008

So many questions and very few answers
As multiple scandals make front page of the newspaper.
Magician type politicians making public funds disappear
And the wheels of justice seem stuck somewhere.
I turn on the news, more questionable police shootings,
I see babies and women dying from reprisal gang killings.
I hear talk show hosts put down everything they can
To [...]

Justice

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

There is a lady I would love to meet
It seems if she smiles your way,
Life could be really sweet.
But it seems she only mingles with a certain class,
So its unlikely she’ll be chilling with my poor black a**.
I hope someday, maybe she’ll come around and
Probably spend time in my part of town.
Honestly, I ‘d [...]

Tall Tales or Tall Tails- The Jamaican Dog Sled Team

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

I must have been really out of it but recently it came to my attention that there is actually a Jamaican Dog Sled team. Of course my eyebrows were raised and I started to wonder if there was going to be another version of the Cool Runnings Movie… May be entitled Dog Runnings or maybe [...]