Robert rides

Robert, the local security guard, riding a skateboard that he found down a sidewalk in Los Angeles. Filmed circa October, 2021. Music: Los Angeles by The Midnight.
Well this was a particular pickle she found herself in. 
Shit!
I forgot what I was going to say
I think there was a point I wanted to make
or some opinion I wanted to state.
My feeling is that it was important to me
but damn I let it slip away.
I let my mind wander and wonder
left it distracted by new line
one better suited for another rhyme.
It could easily stand alone
,
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Hope everyone had a happy fourth. I stayed home with my little one. He’s not the biggest fan of Fireworks and my neighborhood can get very loud on this day. Here’s a picture from another year where he climbed to the top shelf of the closet to escape the booms.

Happy 4th

A poem by the great Langston Hughes, with a Recipe for American Pie by Milton Bowens. ✌️

Let America be America again. 
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)
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