"free your mind
and your ass
will follow."
- George "Dr. Funkenstein" Clinton

A "shout out" to Joe & Clara Pilates,
and to Pilates instructors & students everywhere.

What would u attempt 2 do
if u knew
u could not fail?

"To affect
the quality
of the days,
that is
the highest
of the arts."
- Henry David Thoreau

"Money is just a way
to do the things you want
on your own terms.
It's a tool,
it isn't the goal." - Shepard Fairey

Good luck to you!
May the future hold 
not only dreams come true 
and much success
But all that means
the most to you
and gives you
happiness!

In acknowledgement of Mr. John Francis.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" - Mark Twain

"One tends to feel
no mental catharsis
nor upheaving;
only the subtle sense
of a great burden
being no longer
a fellow traveller."

"woke up
and realized
i was free 2b
anything
if it was
in integrity
with what i dreamed
(i knew it couldn't be wrong and would be done )

i was born to be earth's song
feel like i'm runnin'

not away
but to take off and fly
using this life
as a runway
gone to sleep
and other worlds i've seen
when my thoughts turn
n2 thangs magical
and tangible
and know why

how fresh we would be
if we took our dreams
seriously
'cuz i feel like i'm runnin'
not away
but to take off and fly
using this life as a runway..."

Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah...
Fell on my feet this morning.
Two angels heard me cry: "The future is my friend."
(It hurts…)
…I'm alive, older and strong.

With echoes of laughter…
I cry out loud...
changed my life
So many parts that I have to play.
A tangle with life set me up that way,
Now I know,
These are the words that I have to say.
Won't you hear me cry...
Got my feet on the ground
...feet on the ground…

(excerpted from "I'm Alive" by Seal)

One recover tooth enabled, it was a cinch remembered first.

I dined the leotard reminding me to pick up the pace backward. 

Simple as it was, guitar lessons mentally retarded was said. Yet, millions and millions of stop signs later, we could see poorly mentioned sections of the octopus parading barefoot televised audiences.

Shake your tail feathers and forever swoon, no room for sissies nor the ring-a-ding-ding of rented pairs. 

Change frozen faster and faster. So very sad those chain link fences. 

But then again, my match kisses me better than ever. Her coochie coo wiggling tongue sent over crest best ever. Savoring simple complications, they dive, first behind scent tense prepositions followed by pie example first down field goals. 

Blind in one eye sailing. 

Back. Words remembering future verses sung so low down. 

Bent and. 

Barely mentioned. 

Sprinkling lights. 

Women and children was the decision then. 

Until whenever you blink, don't think too much sitting.

We see her dancing alone. Eyes closed. Chunks of bold motion so pretty. 

Mountains of bad memories bulldozed. Leveled. Bland. 

Fun and sunshine. 

Abandoned filth so fine. 

Banana fans sighing. Wondering why. Chuckling.

Those dangerous tunes booming. (Ain't afraid of sound.)

Make room for bitter taste. That spectacular medicine.

Let them so much more for the ride. 

Inside, butternut squash developers.

A tiny house.

Those trim orangutans so gauche and outspoken.

Television The Drug of the Nation by Michael Franti

One nation under God
has turned into
one nation under the influence of one drug

Television the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V. it satellite links our

United States of Unconsciousness
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
The methadone metronome pumping out
150 channels 24 hours a day
you can flip through all of themand still there's nothing worth watching
T.V. is the reason why less than 10 per cent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think

Central Amerikkka means Kansas
Socialism means un-americanand Apartheid is a new headache remedy

absorbed in it's world

it's so hard to find us
It shapes our mind the most
maybe the mother of our Nation
should remind us
that we're sitting too close to...

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V. is
the stomping ground for political candidates
Where bears in the woods
are chased by Grecian Formula'd
bald eagles
T.V. is mechanized politics'
remote control over the masses
co-sponsored by environmentally safe gasses
(watch for the PBS special)
It's the perpetuation of the two party system
where image takes precedence over wisdom
Where sound bite politics are served to
the fast-food culture
Where straight teeth in your mouth
are more important than the words
that come out of it
Race baiting is the way to get selected
Willie Horton or
Will he not get elected on...

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V.

is it the reflector or the director ?
Does it imitate us or do we imitate it?
because,

a child watches 1500 murders before he's
twelve years old and we wonder why we've created
a Jason generation that learns to laugh
rather than to abhor the horror
T.V. is the place where
armchair generals and quarterbacks can
experience first hand
the excitement of warfare
as the theme song is sung in the background
Sugar sweet sitcoms
that leave us with a bad actor taste while
pop stars metamorphasis into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only ola that I support
would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost Of Living Allowance)
On television

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Back again, "New and improved"
We return to our irregularly programmed schedule
hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
beer car commercials
CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S.
Where oxymoronic language like
"virtually spotless", "fresh frozen"
"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
have become standard
T.V. is the place where

phrases are redefined
like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
"Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
and being killed by your own Army
is now called "friendly fire"
T.V. is the place where the pursuit
of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
Where toothpaste and cars have become
sex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of children
by a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
that would create a cripple

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation