14. freewrite “Tin Man”
Tin Man (originally scribed March, 2012) Black students have long mastered speaking two languages. One comes easy from our lips, natural as syrup falling from maple trees. When we talk, Continue reading
Gabriel Cortez
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13. “Sun Flower”
Sun Flower – 2/24/13 The first time somebody asked me what I was, I was seven years old. The two of us waded in a McDonalds ball pit, in a Continue reading
12. freewrite “Birthday Candle”
*This came from a CalSLAM writing workshop (Mondays, 7-9PM at 130 Wheeler Hall!) asking us to write from the perspective of something that lives for a short period of time. Continue reading
11. freewrite “What You (Don’t) See”
What You (Don’t) See – 2/16/13 *This emerged from a Youth Speaks writing workshop I was privileged with facilitating today. Like everything else I get to make and that appears Continue reading
10. freewrite “OSA-71″
OSA-71 – Freewrite 2/9/13 Chairs with tennis balls for feet. A book shelf with symmetrical teeth. The same textbook smiling four rows of parrot head. The word, “Biology” emblazoned in Continue reading
9. freewrite “Taxidermy”
Taxidermy – 30/30 Day 10 Yesterday, when watching a show called “Pawn Stars,” not to be confused with “Porn Shop,” a show in which porn stars loan each other sexual Continue reading
8. freewrite “Huaraches”
Huaraches – 30/30 Day 13 The radio tells me 138 toothbrush patents were filed this year. And that we’re in the middle of a toothbrush industrial revolution. It tells me, Continue reading
7. freewrite “Willow”
Willow – 30/30 Day 16 (edits to a freewrite I began at a CalSLAM Workshop) For the weeping willow I used to climb in my grandfather’ backyard. I remember what Continue reading
6. freewrite “Scotch”
Scotch – 30/30 Day 28 You tell me again the one about women always telling men what to do and my skin crawls open into awkward smile. Suddenly, the years Continue reading
5. freewrite “Basketball”
Basketball – 30/30 Day 17 They don’t build basketball courts in neighborhoods in the suburbs of Virginia. My mother tells me it’s because they don’t want to attract “the wrong Continue reading
