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Silence

This week , this anniversary.. we mark a year from our rape in California. We now add a new atrocity, the rape of our civil rights in Maine. And what do I hear? Silence. Silence from the once-again victims.
Where are you? We update our facebook and twitter pages with “I’m disappointed in the voters of [...]

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My name is Eric Ethington, and I am here for you. Our country is on the brink of an extraordinary moment, where people of all classes, ethnic groups, colors and identities come together at once to say, “Enough!” We have a progressive African-American President Elect waiting to take office; we have a Senate and House [...]

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it just isn’t thanksgiving in this country unless you endure some form of travel. normally, i pay my dues by just watching ‘trains, planes and automobiles’. but this year i drove* to northern california from utah with my uncle and father. i joined the masses.
*a special extended middle finger goes to airlines and their $600 [...]

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CLICHE (The Middle)

Here’s the story of a guy
Who tried to meet expectations
He follwed all the rules, but then
He ended on the bottom again.
You gotta push hard and never give in
You gotta love, first of all look within
And when you’ve gone through enough,
You’ll find that happy middle
Later 18 and out on my own,
I learned the reasons for limits.
Snap, [...]

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Elephants in the Room

We met and I told you the truth,
My past, my men, my women and self.
Why did I change, what were you for me?
That I could abandon all, for one I couldn’t see?
All the silences and the fights over doom,
All the dishes are rattling from the elephants in the room.
I skipped and jumped past years of [...]

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