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Kurt Carman Apr 2016
As the blue moon climbs over the Potomac River,
I lay my tired body down next to the planted field.
Momma tells me that I’ll turn 13 tomorrow; my birthday wish….to be free
Like brail, the scars on my back speak to the humility in my life.
My dog Jip lays beside me and with a warm tongue conveys everything will be fine.

It’s the early fall here at Georgetown University
My name is Cornelius, Cornelius Hawkins and I write these words so you know my plight.
Here with me are my father, mother and 2 yr old sister.
We toil the field from dawn to dusk…the salt herring and cornmeal give us strength.
And my hands are forever clinging to this rosary and I pray God will hear my prayers.

I can’t begin to tell how afraid I am each and every day.
I try not to dwell on our strife and struggles, but day dream of downright happiness.
My family and our ancestors before us have been confined to slavery for 200 years.
Momma always says “There is no slavery, just ignorance”.
I hold her words near and dear to my heart and I never give up hope for a better life.
Unfortunately, Cornelius Hawkins never got the life he prayed for. Cornelius was one of the 272 slaves at Georgetown University and all were sold off to keep the school running. I read a recent article in the NY Times about GU272 and felt compelled to try and convey some of Cornelius Hawkins thoughts. I labored over this for days. Spent a fair amount time researching as much information about GU272 that I could find. Although I know I'll never come close to knowing the entire story, what I do know is that Cornelius is in a better place today and I can't wait to meet him in the by and by. RIP Mr. Hawkins!
"The present is gone. Fantasy is a part of reality
and we take the breaks off. We're thinking clearly
yet not thinking at all, and this feels right.
We stop trying to control things,
The warm rush of chemicals through us. Is this brain damage?
We forget all the hurt and pain in life.
We wanna go somewhere else. We're not threatened by people anymore. All our insecurities have evaporated.
We're in the clouds now. Wide open,
We're spacemen, orbiting the earth.
Yeah, the world looks beautiful from here man.
We're nympholeptics, desiring for the unattainable.
We risk sanity for moments of temporary enlightenment.
So many ideas, so little memory. The last thought killed by anticipation of the next.
We embrace an overwhelming feeling of love.
We flow, in unison. We're together.
I wish this was real.
We want a universal level of togetherness, where we're comfortable with everyone.
We're in rhythm. Part of the movement, a movement to escape.
We wave goodbye.
Ultimately, we just want to be happy.
Yeah, yeah!
Hang on,
What the **** was I just talking about?"
*-Jip
Film: Human Traffic (1999)
Writer(/Director): Justin Kerrigan
Character: Jip
Actor: John Simm
Sam Temple Aug 2014
energy seeker reeking of leeks
taking a leak
streaking for weeks
freaks squeak
in bleak sneakers
Sneaking peepers
beat feet
pretending all fins were
dorsal
eating dried morsels
of old oiled kippers
flipping off
soup dippers
tripping off duped riffers
picking bent strings
singing “bling bling”
with gum-wrapper rings
Queens bring flare
ensnaring rarified misfits
quick to quip
“whadda jip” –
The spoon's side jumped
Between moon shaped glasses,
He jip jived dipped and dived
Forward more toward something resembling music.
 
A fresh song and dance.
New tunes through an ordinary water holder,
Nestled between plate and napkin.
The sound got his mate all jazzed up,
So he joined with his own swift swinging tune.
Who knew that dining things could own a beat?
 
They found a new way to show
They had a rhythm from their fingers to their toes.
It was them together.
Hearing things they thought they would never.
 
So they skedaddled downtown
Piddle paddling through the streets.
Clanking their feet into light poles until their soles were sore.
Smacking hands on drums where knees used to be.
 
They threw nonsensical sounds around that made sense together,
They flowed like a bird’s song to its dear old Mrs.
Common sounds with a unique meaning.
They were loud and crazy with a vision slightly hazy,
For they didn't see the sheriff approaching.
 
The sheriff caused a bigger scene then they ever were,
Yelling and wrestling with them.
He stopped their show saying, "There ain't none of those nonsense words on my street, especially not from your kind."
 
How kind they were,
They left without a question.
There was no need to fuss and rush
They were goin'.
 
They thought that with sounds like these
There was no use wasting them on empty streets
And park benches.
 
Back to the club they ran
Eager to hear their cheering fans they had left behind to show the streets their new found sound.
 
That stage is where it started
And stayed for a while.
On that stage their imaginations could run ramped on an empty canvas of ears.
 
But on their stage they had to stay.
Hidden.
For a little while,
You see the streets weren't ready to be shown these beats,
This wasn't Joe Schmos show put on every Thursday afternoon near the salad bar,
Quiet enough not to disturb the guests but just enough to give a nice background noise to their chewing,
Oh no, no, no.
 
This was jazz.
Reduction asper daylight hours to worship
will immediately arise after
     2018 North American orbital trip,
viz zits summer solstice (human primal
     solar deification) riding astride spaceship
Earth, albeit 6:07 Ante Meridiem

     Thursday June 21st noticeably slip
ping thru space beginning to harvest
     incremental darkness as Gaia rip
pulls across wrinkle in time
     daylight will undermine a loss,

     and over the next month approximately jip
ping United States kinsfolk, who revere El Sol  
     quotidian solar rays, by one hour
     and eight minutes (i.e. 4080 seconds),
     thence trumpeting seriously
     moonlighting re:

     getting down to brass tacks business - grip
ping a markedly steadfast advancement,
     whence August arrives (watch out),
     cuz cutthroat prime rate (zero APR) doth clip,
and clock about two minutes per diem,
     quite a substantial blip.
when i was a kid we had a neighbour, mrs hargreaves who had a phone and a visiting dog. jip.

not many had phones then and we would go across the main road to the call box

or use hers in an emergency only

any way the dog was homely looking

with no fashions then in breed except perhaps the pekingnese

wandering the backstreets of this small town came to the football pitch by the allotments

getting on to lunch time it was

spoke to a lady with her dog a corgi/jack russell cross and talked in admiration

she thanked me and explained that he liked a walk before they went to bed and i wondered

then made my way back into town

where a cat was sitting in the road
Johnny Noiπ Jan 2019
And as for you, I say, I am, "she says, because
her mother was her and many things are a great
reward, is it life? The aluminum foil should
be ready. Giving the opportunity to finish,
Why do young people hit?
Children who play at obesity are the victims.
Or in your mouth ... how many? No, Miza,
Guam ha-ha, Wada Bounty - and more hours of use
Write the article 'b'; Edward, when you are a living room,
The fans of R. Uha today are not the movies of Karodos
de Almamima Uruk -
It's funny, if you call, it's funny.
Now he has the rest of the responsibility,
the discount is made,
500 Bacimium Idar, Akri Nala from Beef
Muha: ... I'm the beast? Boy? I say,
the prize was won and many people, much food
and volcanic mountains were caught:
In special aluminum foil.
Opportunities that they know,
Cost of the accused
     Size of the *****
... that is the mouth With the Milka Whole
and the Advertising Award, you have to go
down to the manufacturer's price.
The taste of Israel's seafood;
Aluminum Fuel Nut, Aluminum Australia -
Give her a drop of water
Compared with health, Kahan Kadhi links
the sixth abuse with Tahhhh -
La Hana, rarely,does my daughter uses the cow
in the chest, Is there a lot of noise here
that is not that big? Below you I am close, that is,
"What are you doing to me?" I do not know where
you are now but they have a lot, but what is it?
The aluminum foil should be ready.
And do not get mad, Cara.
How can I know if I am going to meet my son?
The words "Langsa" and "Mote Pap Channels".
The mood is ... No, M-japa Akha, Goh, business
managers - Donate Katna de Daga; Saddam lives
in Adani Transgeres:
Alegre Uri Amalia Pan - Fula Karanta A novel: Swimming Hills -
The life of Oh! Hai Jahid Bones,
Tool Opening Book
Give me a drink, I'll give you a scalp, & Moody Knuckles,
let me tell you the truth.
Mu, Khada Hai: ... important museum on Planet Gaynor;
I do not know anything, I have a lot of time in my life
and I do not know what I saw.
Sun and weather; Opportunities Who is
Because of the trauma!
Ka Ling Aakar ... is this month? Mike was more
often, Vedas parsekar - leader Munir, the lie
I am delighted with the content of this city.
What is the news of Almeida Austrelia food candy?
Bless the world In the rays of the girl,
the goddess of persecution's persecution.
If you cannot get old, old and good with a pen,
I have a question ... I do not know what you're doing?
The teacher of his teacher and leader, Dilhi Hai Kahne,
is a Yusky man, that is, outside of Bose, and what life is like.
Elyomenieniam gave a basic singing song.
Find the poor snow And whisper with the screams
of the wonderful Gateton family cone?
Easter and a cup of cake.
Tetanus ... do you like it? Nihin, Mizapa, Gauhaha,
Fiber Intersections - Aur Multilit Kuchu Ghant                   Kai Hai Upgag
JiaDa unoch hed khah; Eid worr night that the owner
of the price of yarn by the matter
Aarah Uhah 5 Source Sanki Alamini Stanad
Taraa Karadas nun - Kee Jeeva also known as
Muk Saikai Bahai Bah Jai Hai,
The favorite of Tallon; The "day of the air jagir"
Dee Bachir Eder by Akerie Dans Bifafe
My Khada Hai: ... Kya maav hlavo hoo? Gayon;
The main hand, Kata, Anakhi Man Lol
or a great praskar, gold ki anhi bhi gay pakade gay, child aaa.
Jismma is a sheet of diagnosed child elyoomeeniyam
Exposition; Kaun Hain Janat;
Logite Star!                                                        Ka Ling Aakbar
Lamb ... where does Munah come from?
Mikea Akhaga Ka Karayog Sounds, Vedic Award - The Mugh-he Producer Kemat in Jana,
A far country to the north of the island.
Deseo and Kardari Almana Austria -
Let's make a hole in the pan.
By coincidence with Chath's Gallery of the child's marriage,
a child was born.               So, the joy of comedy,
VKK Ek Hain Baad Sawaz KiKee Yahan Hai ...
But you're not out Nahin Nikhlen? Under the leader
Ayaa Krib Bahat Dil, Hai Kya "What determines Jahan?
You are your father, Nahin Kahan Goff,
but have you overcome the Kuch Hai, Likan, Kya Hain"?
Elyomenieniam gave a basis for singing the song.
Carl's Gas Delay: Mohi Kais Patna Chalga Kya Director
Apana Bachar Jaan Paongi Ko;
Shabd "Langsties" Gold "Motepe Ka General"
Dihei announced Hamam.
Emotions of the child, not ... hai, mijap akhsa, goeh,
on a salary crusade - Ek ki Danat ketana ki hai awagya1
Additional partner in the maritime sector.
Inay-eha Panap Amanti School - Less tragedies are Nances -
Jeeve is an open mouth, Yehad Hai! Hai! Hai!
General Colhana Ka Upkaran
Mugi Ball, Maavish Mana Ku and Meghan Satikoda,
the main language of the small banana
Hai Mu Khadr: ... Meja Museum. Gaynor;
Main label: Simple Drive, Simple Spirit Movement for both games.
Incense and climate,
Exposition; Kaun Hain
Logite Digby Key!
Ka Ling Aakhar
Maheena, Kya Hai ...; Mik Agga Bhaag, Vedic Paraskar - Chief of Services, Ek Ek Tha Zuth!

II
And you say I have a lot of things.
Life insurance should cover the pages
of Cooking Capacity
Why do you want to laugh at young people?
With children sprinkled with oil
... or what's left? We expect ...
Guam is the current mark, cobosex and other watches.
Edward's articles, if you are in the room;
And the Lock'ed Lock movie today
is Barry Boston in Almighty;
If you go, it's fun. More responsibility,
Buying the Sittamer Eder 500
Metal: ... and can I break it? I say it
He's got a lot of people;
They face the valley of the river.
Special aluminum film
Opportunities for you
Incorrect value:
Size of volume
... this is bone, bone!
Advertising programs you should get.
Physical value
Bahrain; #b   Aluminum, Fuel Fuel for Australia -
Give him water, But how did he protect?
Sixth Action Plan
Lana, my daughter sometimes uses this dress.
Make sure your goal is holy
Why so many people? My part is close, that is
"What do you want with me?" I do not know how!
At the same time, I do not know, not so, but what?
Aluminum film
They don't think about ***.
How does my son give a son?
The words "langisam" and "mateppa channel"
This ... 1000 Jeep Jip is not limited to business
Dan Dan Salad
Connected keys:
Terms Charlotte - Oshiki, new Sunday:
Real life, our message is Tony.
libraries
Take there
IM telling you the truth
Muin, the museum Hojar-Museum ... Main branch of the earth;
I live a long time
And I do not know what it was.
What sun and time do you choose?
damage
What kind of woman? More Mike, like
Most leaders of the Vedic church,
I agree with the contents of this city.
What does the Latin Encyclopedia for Australia mean?
Woman will survive the world
friendship
If you are old, this is not good;
I have a question ... I do not know what you are doing
Teachers, leaders and teachers;
This is a young man who travels every day in his life.
He says this is a song
Clear color from color and color of flowers.
Does Gates House look beautiful?
Easter and cups;                Now the farm ... now? Yes, I am a *****;
I'm at the police station at the police station and top gug in freedom,
Copy copy; The rest of these days care about
where the Lord cares about us. Price range in unit:
Alkhan Manba Uta Sosey Almin Kog
Vitamin E is also known as bacteria.
There is a problem here
Register for a full day of aircraft
Boris Beck, Eddie Blake
Bobo is a good site, but ...;
Its main crop is shown
Common sense, is gold and gold, sons of AA
Aluminum was a child
Burton Cuffman; Han Quan Yant;
Yes Yes! League league
Where can this be removed?
Mishra Mike Aksen - Wedding Brochures - Month and Model Yakuba
north                                       Germany and Austria worked ten days -
The wall is located behind the wall.
Always have a wedding gallery
He was born, as all sinners were born.
VC. CIS experts; But does this not apply to Nosira? commander
God is the King of the world, who is "Who and when?"
Because you are our father, you are Nachin Kan Heche, Ludwig;
Luke nothing else?
Elo Single Lottery
Oil crown, karna patna head
Forestry with forest growing.
"Falcon", He went to the doctor
Nobody today, ..., eyes, eyes,
Guest house 1 Another member of the boat
Head of secondary school - Such risks -
If I am, then the creature is open! Women women
All colonies of Misha Bal and Masha Sat, Malva and Kai,
The main language of the revolution is language.
He lives in the Museum of Secrets in 1000;
Original words are simple, simple or free. plants; Burton Cuffman; Besides,
Digby manages key management system management!
Recent projects
Need to say
Vedic Parsicar - Manager Seva: Best Australian Tuscany Kididit, Marie Kole Barry Tabik Kazi Khan
Warning notice Air available for harvest
Third yoga                                                             ­            ṁawgaujṁṁṁṁ ṁ
KARABHI TOCHKHI PIITSH BARCIA KHALSA HARA
... if there are a few cents, we make mistakes
Guma Cola Heiko, CoboSecution in Horse Haha
Araki Lalk "B"; Come on, come on;
Happy loans movies
Alal Red Bar ṭasaṭa Rhesus -
And when do you do it
Semikharurim Char 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500
mēṭala: ... How can I do this? Yaya
We love it
Ana No Pao and Papa Baba Lia
Vishner Aluminum Film
the gifts
mm
Idylli
... Rari is green; Vijipan Progogar Atul Tahanu
Leimi Simurat Pahukar Kahida High Separated Physical m Bahirina; ṭsaṭrēlī'āalī alamīnī'ām, from there -
Yusanu Panani Daka Hika Dao
Money Agent Keenan Naha Ahah Nav Kav Kawaii?
Cha-cha Paan Network
Lana, & Mary b

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