For Andra

(a lesson in spoken word)

Never heard if love is up,
control is down.
I said control, not discipline
Know the difference
or pay for ignorance.
I know the distinction:
One is out for growth,
the other extinction.

What's it mean to love your neighbor?
Look at yourself to make it clearer:
Your needs are no different from the nations,
so don't wait for your personal invitation.

The journey continues...

meeting another for the first time is risky
like a tailspin three sixty
wondering, waiting, wishing,
will it land safely?

i walk away briskly
feeling uneasy
knowing he could take the train
one way his aim

where are my hopes?
chest tightening
knowing that a moment's pleasure
can be frighteningly binding

dejame en paz
say it loudly
shout the truth
that is inside me

i am no hobo
i have a home
stop looking for that
which i already own

A woman's plight

what good is bait that is never caught
that is what a woman is taught

painted faces, bangled jewels,
golden hair, no man can refuse

brains and braun are not for the faun
but the hunter who's here, then gone