you know one of the dopest points of this experience?! -- the fact that after the slam i am still running into folks who i thought id only see in chicago -- proves to me -- this shit aint over -- in fact, far from it -- the twists keep gettin deeper ...

example: the nuyorican team -- in particular, taalam, faraji, and mar -- for whatever reason that we've seen them again and again -- its the craziest feelin to go city to city and feel like im traveling the distance of a neighborhood block. i mean, we've seen these boys in chicago -- in new york -- twice -- and now in d.c. -- its one thing to have folks in all corners of a city -- but damn, this 6 degrees of separation is manifesting itself tenfold - you know

and after all, i like them. and i respect their love of the word -- (( eg: the show at Nuyorican was niiiiiiice. damn. i love that shit. when spirits just get up and ROCK the fuckin mic -- and we all in the room play a part in it. maaaaad communication. poet to audience. poet to poet. mind to mind. soul to soul. and nobody said it had to be fuckin "pretty" ))

to expand -- its about communication, right. and damn -- im still trippin off how MANY people from around the country and the GLOBE -- are involved in this whole thang. from the main urban centers -- to winston salem, NC -- to san jo frickin se. like this unspoken point of common SOME thing -- connecting folks in the midst of all the bullshit. not like fluffy fluffy perpetrated love bullshit [altho some may play this game]-- just dialogue, you know. drop the protocol.

you know.

melinda corazon foley