April 12, 2009 - Renaissance Fair

Young poets with pride 

speaking unpopular 

points of view

alive with the souls of 3 

or 4 

or 24 

generations

each poem its own explanation

all in front of and behind 

this music

horning 

and percussing 

old and new

alive with the souls of 3 

or 4 

or 24 

generations

each solo its own explanation

all in front of and behind 

this art

emerging 

and expressing

red and blue

alive with the souls of 3 

or 4 

or 24 

generations

each piece its own explanation

and I 

I sit 

quietly

breathing it in 

with my breathing 

and not breathing

eyes spilling

bursting

with the wonder of it all.

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This post is dedicated to my dear friend Mary-Tina Vrehas, 

and in remembrance of her beloved student Destin Hernandez 

April 25, 2009 - Scooter Liberation Day

Yesterday was the invention and celebration of our first official Scooter Liberation Day. It was a day of cruising the hood on Sissy and the Colonel and picnicking in the park. Next year we must also do a fan-club-drive-by, and possibly I will make an SLD flag to fly as I ride. It would be designed to match Sissy, of course.
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A week later:
Today, after school, I ride with music in my ears and lilacs in my cup holder. The glorious fragrance connecting me to my mother like a beam of warm light as I scoot. I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS MOMENT! If I die while riding my Sissy, please know I was so very, very happy all over, and don't feel one bit bad about it. And don't go telling happy-scooter-riders how dangerous they are because you know someone who died on one. Promise me now.