J’essays
These short pieces of spirituality from the streets are my j’essays, a mashup of “journaling” and “essay.” I’m honored you’re here and hope you enjoy the experience.
(Food) Freedom!
I won’t let President Trump starve me out and keep me down. Because I would really, really love to stick around.
Pain is love
So many folks rail against corporatism while quietly profiting from it…(Ja Rule voice) “Oh I’m, feelin’ like ya livin’ a…double life.”
Till I collapse (corporatism)
Till I collapse corporatism, I’m spillin’ these j’essays as long as you feel ‘em.
Man in the mirror
Like my man MJ, I’m starting with the man in the mirror and asking him to change his ways. Sha’mone!
Surviving the game
What started off as a fun family geocaching outing ended with my oldest boy and me hunting my youngest down like Gary Busey and a host of B-movie baddies hunted down Ice T in the '90s camp classic, Surviving the Game.
Devil’s kitchen
Devil’s Kitchen is a geological feature Jodi and I visited on a stomp in Sedona. It’s so-named because a meteorite containing “magic” mushrooms infused with the DNA of ancient aliens landed there tens of thousands of years ago, and the devil—so the legend goes—fed the mushrooms to our prehistoric ancestors, unlocking consciousness in our species. I can’t back up any of that rubbish—but I do believe something like that happened somewhere in the world.
In my feelings
Sometimes my youngest son stays in his feelings like Drake after getting dunked on by Kendrick in a rap beef.
Human nature
If they say, “Why…why does he do me that way?” tell ‘em that it’s human nature.
Roll of thunder, hear my cry
I scoffed when Kanye West claimed bass-heavy music was mind control. Now I embrace his wisdom—and plan to follow his lead in influencing White House policy.
The cars that go boom
Unlike sistas Tigra and Bunny, the forty-five-year-old version of me sharing this three-dimensional experience with you does not like cars, especially not the ones that go boom.