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<H3>
Hate</H3>
It’s the same hate
That made the snake
give the grape
to Adam and Eve
when they were out on a date.
It’s the hate behind a rape;
It’s the fate of KKK;
It’s the way of CIA
and the bashing of a gay;
when the cover of the night
meets the passion of the day.

And the same hate
incarcerates
and locks a kid away.
It’s what makes a ho a ho
and what earns a pimp his pay.
It’s what fills up all the lakes
with pollution that we make,
and what makes a girl ashamed
of the darkness of her face
or the fullness of her waist
or the fact her mother can’t
speak the language of the state,
It’s what makes a holiday
when we used to celebrate
a holy day in sacred space;
Now we fold and mutilate,
we boldly desecrate
what the Most High did create
as we gamble with our fate.
Did you see the Golden State
pass a law to designate?
In attempts to make it “safe”
Now the youth are “all in gangs”
and we destroy a block a day
as our sons get locked away.
Yet we wait for clocks to say
that its’ too late to plot the way.

And the same hate:
it blinds a face,
binds and separates
When we’d rather look to race
than our own humanity.
Use this hate to motivate,
We can make a plan a day.
Instead of screaming “keep it real”
Really keep your family
If a man abandons hate,
then his situation ain’t
a mountainful-it’s nothing more
than a ripple on a lake.
And the power she relates
is like a nipple to a babe
whether cripple or a slave,
presidential or a knave;
Incremental in the change
when you rearrange your brain
mental frame
bend the grain
lend your name
it remains
simply plain
when to change:
End the hate.


<HR>
O Mundo das Alternativas

I am W. George Bush
in this crazy complex world
with more than two shades
and more than one language
I retreat
and let the silence of ammunition
speak for itself.



E-yes closed
N-o foreign tongues
G-et anywhere near my
L-istening Range
I  erect borders ballistics barriers turning a deaf ear--
S-ecurity of the
H-omeland



Having learned an obligatory
three words of Portuguese
I travel imperially
throughout Porto Allegre with
a blank look,
a slap in the face,
& a Royal invitation-
come to New York, nations
of the world!
I speak peace on my terms:
	The Queen’s English.


¿Another world
is possible?  no, thanks I’ll re-main at home.


Sao Paolo Streets

Millions of Japanese
people
live in Brasil: Brazilians.
Millions of African
people
live in the US: Americanos.
Million of young
people
live in the slums: children.
Millions of dreams

live in our hearts.



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