Surely my baby was as good as a dog. I’d read that nursing home residents benefited enormously from contact with therapy dogs. During and after dog visits these elders were more alert and in better moods. So I figured, why not bring my baby to a nursing home? I contacted a nursing home around the corner. The administrator was enthusiastic. Then I talked friends into forming a nursing home-based playgroup […]
Annette Gagliardi | Ain’t this child a person?
Ramble on about needs of the future– the sins of the past; the passion of youth–so sure it won’t last. Rhetoric don’t feed hungry mouths put a roof over my head, nor educate the illiterate. And ain’t this child a person, too? Your money doesn’t darken the door of my needs, your banter glides untouched over my head. Politicians plot–they plan with numbers. Do the best with what we got. […]
Bashir Richard | Where I’ve been
I’ve been around the corner Throwing rocks on the freeway Staying on punishment even on a free day I’ve been in the back of trap houses Surrounded by artillery My generation’s thirst for drugs Put an ice cold chill in me I’ve been in the principal’s office Still cussin’ at the secretary Interventions in the camera room With security looking scary I’ve been hanging out the window On my wild […]
Paige Stetson | Chutzpah
I witnessed the world dripping in the carcass of delinquency and the children mopping up their mess. Wide-eyed innocence perhaps the more fruitful and the tunneled convention maybe less. It is the stride of a girl—one who has barely ceased blossom—that will be shadowed by the rest and the feeble fingers of a boy that will untangle the perpetual mess. Youthful audacity has yet to be dulled by the intellect […]
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