Here is my 3rd time on the radio with Chris Stroffolino and Monae Dawson at9th Floor Radio. thank you again for having me back
Friday, May 29, 2015
Partially Other
ninety-five percent of life is subject
choice and change
that five percent
is mostly formed by birth
this five percent
is mostly formed in childhood
I keep saying
but they don’t trust
its fine
they keep asking me
why don’t you do that
this way
why don’t you make this
that way
they don’t understand
or believe
maybe
its part of the five
I keep asking them
what if we did this
that way
why don’t we make that
this way
they don’t believe
or understand
maybe
its part of the ninety-five
©Christopher F. Brown 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
I'm not trying to fuck I'm trying to see you in 3D
Is it really this hard
to find people I can go back and forth in discussion with
about Buddhist and Hindu theology compared and contrasted against Christian and Yoruba
I want to scream and shout and dance with somebody over Janet Jackson's new album
and at the same time
feel the heat and talk with somebody about how extremely sad and depressing
but oh so good Giovanni's Room was
I want to be able to speak with somebody whom can quote Malcolm X and Kafka in the same breath
Somebody who could see the logic of Pac and Immortal Technique on the same piece
with the Budos Band or Mulatu on the back track
I want to know people whom know
just exactly who
Suki Lee and Bayard Rustin are
can we talk about Jacob Kinohoor's ass
at least for a moment
then get into some B.B. King or Johnny Cash
have you seen Dune
the one from the eighties
James McAvoy shirtless
as well as John Goodman’s acting
were only good things about the other
if you read it
even better
what about the spook that sat by the door
Or
killer clowns from outer space
let's be shady and point out all the inaccuracies on the history and discovery and channels
praying for that day
that's not in February
They show Shaka Zulu in full
without commercial interruption
Or maybe a documentary about native American people
with actual native actors
that do not depict them all as either
plains people
Or Inuit
Cause you already know
not everybody is Eskimo
then let's put on our own private production of legally blonde
followed by encore presentations of the classic scene
Of Miss Celie and miss Ofelia going in over Harpo
can I discuss with you
how the Patriot act nullifies everything in constitution
And the bill of rights
even though they never were intended to be permanent any way
It would be nice to not have to explain a Corporatocracy
all my life Ive been into Egyptology
You do know that Imhotep was the actual founder of medicine
by a good 2000 years
not that Hippocrat
the thing is
I'm still learning
when attempting to delve that deeply into people
which I don't even consider that deep
They often misunderstand
They often concluded without thinking
maybe
just maybe
©Christopher F. Brown 2015
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
The Oxymoron of Being
Look at these people
With their perfect bodies
their perfect families
their perfect houses and cars
and their other perfect things
If I say this directly to anyone
or even aloud
the knee jerk conditioned response is to say
I
me
they
suffer from jealousy
Why do people wait four or five decades before they accept
life is not perfect
there is no perfect thing
no perfect someone
no perfect anything
you accept what you will
refuse what you wont
put purpose to plan
its all what you decide to make of it
They say that is settling
it could be
Id disagree with their understanding of the word
forcing something to be a certain way
a certain way that only existed in one’s uncertain mind
how is that anywhere near
perfect
how is that anything less than
delusional
I could force myself to be completely
other than I am
be what I believe I should be
have what I believe I should have
do what I believe I should do
but is any of that
perfect
is any of that
me
where is the reality in that
reality never had anything to do with the notion
the idea
the thing
called perfect
They said
weren’t you the one that said
pursue your passion
weren’t you the one that said
the only difference between a dream and a goal
are the details that occupy the reality in between
Sometimes
I hate talking to me
© Christopher F. Brown 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Because You’re Supposed To
You think because your skin is wrinkle and blemish free
you have achieved a great feat of life
being thirty
or forty
or fifty-three
looking 23 omg
The last book you read
was only done so that you can name
the last book you read
Your soul is as paper thin
as is your skin
hold on
yes
your shell, vehicle, vessel
and its drapings, anointings, adornings
are very beautiful
you do know that
none of that at all
is actually you
your body fat percentage and credit score
is as important to you
as the birth of your children
as the day of your first wedding
as the day of your second divorce
hold on
yes I'm calling you shallow
hold on
no I'm not saying that I'm better
I will say at least
what I do
I do because it has a purpose
I do because it has a meaning
I know that lives are more important than taxes and their brackets
I know that you do not stay
just because of what others might say if you go
What you do is because. . .
What you believe is because. . .
Right down to the very words you choose
why do you do anything that you do
that’s right
go ahead and say it
© Christopher F. Brown 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
For Dana
Woman
Sister
Mother
No matter the title or label
None fully define that which is
You
That which is
Dana
Studying your hands I’ve learned
all things are possible
even though you make them seem effortless
Studying your soul I’ve learned
true strength is limitless and unmatched
Studying your arms I’ve learned
true love is unconditional
Thank you Dana
for being the first woman in my life
Thank you Bennie
for being the first sister in my life
Thank you Ma
for being my one and only
Mother
©Christopher F. Brown 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Future Idols
when the war is over
what then
there is no road that leads back to
before
we pin all of our hopes and fears
on this
future
that has yet to be determined
But has already been paid for completely
in blood
in tears
in regret and sorrow
when the war is over
what then
only a few manage to escape the past
until we war again
©Christopher F. Brown 2015
A Writer, Maybe
what is it about writers
we put words to emotions
to experience
to life
life others are afraid to acknowledge
maybe
experience others may have had
Or have not had
maybe
emotions others have equally laid with
possibly more
maybe
words are vehicles
writers speak not of the contraption that brings about motion
a writer speaks of the navigator that discerns direction
©Christopher F. Brown 2015
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