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So at lunch today, Julien began to wax philosophical about life, sort of thinking out loud about the life spans among different species. “Chickens don’t live very long,” he said. “But turtles, they can live to be a hundred years old.” And at that point, I figured it would be appropriate to say something profound […]

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Tears swim out of my eyes
Mama’s hurt. The bebe cries.
Strange men tell me we won’t die
Voices tell me those men lie.
My mouth is quiet, my soul lingers
They whap us with their death cold fingers
Mama’s goin’. I’m ‘fraid they’ll eat her
Soon I feel … I’ll never see her.
Nightmares laugh, I can’t believe
The red night sky, my […]

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