“My Greatest Accomplishment,” Said Bella Levenshteyn,
“Is being present to anyone I meet.”
Category: Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris
Your Name Came Up (Daydream/3)
I smelled like smoke Which is unusual for me But I humored him Though it wasn’t funny To think of him dying From the deliberate wreckage of his lungs I hadn’t seen him in ages…
Classroom
It was back in 1982 We had a guest in our theology and lit class Ten years older than me He’d come of age in the Sixties Allen Ginsberg had recently been in town Our…
Israel’s Checklist for Palestinians to Reach a Settlement
Dear Bella Levenshteyn If you read the US press The following will strike you As conventional wisdom Perry Destroy your rockets. Quit whining. No more stone-throwing. Enough already of this “we’re the victim” routine. Forget…
Dear 1L
You’re sitting in Civ Pro— Looking like you’re paying attention Masking skillfully Your ho-hum ennui Let me remind you— In your deep heart’s core You can always visit Innisfree Or even chat with Crazy Jane
Interbeing Song
“Bella Levenshteyn I look forward to you going to the Middle East: Because Wherever I look, there you are No matter where you are, there you are If I look at the leaves swirling, there…
United States of Cars
for K. M. Schwartz Be cool in your car Make out in your car Drink tequila in your car Listen to Led Zeppelin cranked in your car Go from point A to point Z in your…
Another One of Cal’s Rants to Carla and Me, This Time Going off on Apocalypse Now
“FF Coppola may have thought he was being rad And that’s bullshit Being rad would tell the truth about U.S. atrocities As SOP Not some vicious Viet Cong anti-inoculation bullshit But we don’t wanna think…
After Ginsberg’s “I Meditate”
I meditate to calm my rampaging mind I meditate to focus on clear image of you smiling in Tahoe I meditate on words (translated) of Wang Yang-ming I meditate to be able to be present…
Training Exercise #1 for Urban Cultural Resistance
When driving Do a full stop (Three seconds) At each stop sign