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a blank page stares at me blank as your face looking at tv white as my skin that i’m always in can a brother get some rest? yes he can he’s the man give him some space he owns the place i can’t ignore what i feel or laugh it away if it doesn’t matter [...]

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I blink, the electricity is off. The day has brought night to an end on top of me. Lamp oil and flashlights save me from myself. I walk in darkness. In this darkness I don?Äôt see my shadow. When the wind goes still cold chills down my spine don?Äôt feel anymore. I walk in darkness [...]

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for Barry Nitzberg a spring rain stirring in a cloud… a whim of the wind…              …that electric moment it?Äôs summer      a leaf leaves the branch the weight of knowing: time has come…           leaf mulch… he came back the glint refractions in the cornea of his eye his pupil moved      the [...]

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I was told “You’re an Icon” Then I thought wait, I remember Clifford was an Icon And for sure everyone knows Ella Fitzgerald plus Count Bass c r Icons Charlie Parker Dinah Washington I was looking for what made those words ring clear La luz de Ochun aprendi√≥ asi “No de precupez Cocola, yo de [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on Thursday when Mercury, the planet of communication at 28° Aries will trine Pluto at 28° Sagittarius. The energy expressed from this trine of Mercury with Pluto will have you actively seeking the [...]

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Sahara 907 First Street Benicia 746-0505 Lunch 11a.m. ?Äì 3 p.m. Dinner 5 p.m. ?Äì 9p.m., until 10 on Friday and Saturday photos by s.n. jacobson, copyright 2007 One difficulty with new restaurants is that it’s impossible to tell whether problems are due to the shakedown of the kitchen or if they are signs of [...]

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It was about prejudice and racism. The British kingdom has undertaken the harsh policy of one hundred percent enforcement of immigration laws. It was about religion and spirituality. A woman, roughly being deported, is immediately executed after she begins praying to a patron saint. It was about life and death. No babies had been born [...]

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Pair up Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as legendary partners Crockett and Tubbs; Cast baby-faced Barry Shabaka Henley as Castillo; add Gong Li as a hot little drug warlord. The result is Miami Vice, the feature film version of the 80′s TV show. There was a lot going on in this latest incarnation by original [...]

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Mnandi! We have a dish for you today at ?ÄúListen and be Fed?Äù. Some folks don?Äôt like fish, too fishy they say. I even met folks that never even ate fish at all. Discovering a taste that one never experienced is what brings smiles and praise and with chilled white wine its por la marseta, [...]

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“Locke ‘n’ Load” by Locke ‘n’ Load The self-titled CD by Locke ‘n’ Load contains three songs performed in just over ten minutes (10:14, to be precise) of music. To put it another way: one song by Neil Young or a Dead-inspired jam band can be 10:14 or longer; Locke ‘n’ Load gives the listener [...]

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feminine and masculine voice multiplicity of experience written and spoken word rhythm and melody come together to create something of symmetry faith in the future understanding and communication beyond you and me she and he us and them the right way of doing things well laid plans are good maps but the outcome is determined [...]

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We all make crucial decisions that, whether or not we know it at the time, alter the course of our lives and determine how much money we will make and the company we will keep, among other things. A long time ago I decided that I would write without prejudice, or put another way, without [...]

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