New Moon   August 12, 2026‍

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‍The tangible thing that happened to me—and to blacks in America—during that whole terrible time was the realization that our destinies are in our hands, black hands, and no one else’s.

           —James Baldwin (quoted in Begin Again by Eddie Glaude Jr.)

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Marcus Aurelius help me

Pair of crows, one extremely scraggly, help me

Habits of heart & mind (no difference) help me

Every mother-being who has given care, please help me

Gatherers of the random—detritus itself—woefully help me

Aid in recollection of the essential naked plain truths

Supplement my ignorance with corrective accompaniment

And may I offer the same to you

To others, to Marcus wherever he is

Please yield to my self-absorbed pleading

Soften yourself to my limited capacity

Allow me the largesse of your spirit, which is sky-like

Tether me to your navel in these stormed times

Give my portion to my beloveds whom I have not yet met

Joining in the cycling is a form of refuge

Here now the moment you read this

Aliveness is near

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