#RATV
I thought I might
try my hand at
journalistic poeticism
or perhaps just random
creative expression…
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Verse 0039
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I was going to tap out (type)…
there’s a lot going on
#Ferguson
Robin Williams
ISIS/ISIL
Hurricanes on Catalina Island
Chicago
Ukraine/Russia
Palestine/Israel
Boots Riley and The Coup
on & on & on…
but y’all already knew that
AND
some of the “lot” that’s going on in my world
(several items not listed)
can’t possibly match the lot going on in your world
I get it
still, there is some connection
amongst us all
and I’m hoping that in that connection
I can find some
cool
in the heat of it all…
Verse 0038
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“Who’s your rhymin’ hero…?”
LUKE CAGE, HERO FOR HIRE #1
caught some time with milady
to watch a Netflix feature
PBS special: Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
y’all like comic book superheroes?
who is your favorite?
Verse 0037
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gotta love Starbucks
or maybe you don’t gotta
(it really matters not to me)
still, sometime back I got one of those freebie
iTunes song downloads
at Starbucks
and while waiting in line
to pay for gift cards I was doling out
I downloaded the song
and then proceeded to not listen to it
until…
that song came up on a shuffle
a couple of times
and you know what?
I dug it
Verse 0036
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WHAT POSITIVE
CAN BE DERIVED
FROM A NEGATIVE
?
in this case
you must assume that a loss
is a negative…
WE DID NOT WIN
it is an interesting thing
a funny thing
an intriguing thing
‘perspective’
it is a mysterious thing
a curious thing
an obscure thing
‘chance’
it is an exciting thing
a challenging thing
the only thing
‘opportunity’
and what we do with it…
Verse 0035
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CONTENT NOT CONTENT
in preparation for live shows
we rehearse quite profusely
check out some of the flavors recently mixed
(video credit goes to Shane)
((& check out more vdz here: RATVmusic on YouTube))
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