five heartbeats haiku

i wished for raindrops
wishing they were her kisses;
damn that doo-wop song

jumping dreams

we tend to
drop dreams like paratroopers
expecting them to land safely
giving them only
the silk of promised futures
to stand against
explosions of doubt
and fears
that shred and sever
like bullets
any that make it
should never leave your heart
again

cuban heel haiku

her seductive soles
made me lose control;follow
the line to pleasure

john boehner haiku

john boehner; proof that
tangerines can be really,
REALLY bad for you.

somalia.

in the midst of this utter jackassery that prevailed
in DC these past weeks, a tragedy is unfolding in the
Horn of Africa. Somalia is now undergoing a serious
famine, as declared by the United Nations. reports
have surfaced that insurgents in the country are both
preventing Western aid from entering the country and
preventing refugees from fleeing across the border
towards camps in Kenya. relief efforts have been
paltry because of the media focus on the debt crisis
here, the tragedy in Norway and Murdochgate.

Somalia strikes a chord with me, always has. my mother
has worked with people from there when she was with
the United Nations. and a special part of my heart
hails from there. overall, the country is in decay
but still holding on. and it's up to us to help in
any way we can. i've put together a list below.

International Medical Corps
https://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=341

U.N.Children's Fund
https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3821&3821.donation=form1

UNHCR
http://www.unhcr.org/emergency/somalia/global_landing.html

Action Aid
https://actionaidusa.org/do/donate/east_africa_food_crisis/

Kenya Red Cross
http://www.kenyaredcross.org/index.php?page=Online-Donation

Happy Birthday, James Baldwin.

untitled 8.2.11

there is nothing
revolutionary about suicide
contrary to the book title
since for some of us
a little bit does die
in cold silence
just like the globe
and yet we don't admit this
until the last day