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A change is gonna (going to) come

A change is gonna (going to) come

She twirled her fingers at us, writing in the air with dancer’s fingers.  Then she wrote with a borrowed pen (all pens are borrowed) on the bar napkin in front of us “I AM A DANCER.  ARTIST.”  She also added, “ANGER” above “DANCER” and grimaced and smiled at the same time. We are in a [...]

Keyboard and Measuring Tape (Two Poems)

Keyboard and Measuring Tape (Two Poems)

Keyboard I long to impart words all my own, but his stubby fingers do the talking. He’s way too dull. I’m kaput from input. I’m a punctual email, a simple “thanks,” a click on “send.” Or I’m saved for later. I’m lucky if he fires an angry note to his boss. The sharp jolt of [...]

Word Lens revolutionizes deaf travel

Word Lens revolutionizes deaf travel

This is the first in a series of articles about technology, culture, and the Deaf.  If you have any good tips about new technology that is beneficial to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, please let me know. Word Lens is a iPhone application that does one thing, and one thing well — it is an [...]

I am a man in a hoodie and Trayvon Martin didn’t have to die.

I am a man in a hoodie and Trayvon Martin didn’t have to die.

  I am a Black man in my hoodie. I live in Washington, D.C. I am Hard of Hearing (HoH). I am educated. I am a man, brother, father, uncle, friend, and a human being. No matter what propaganda is put in the media about the Black man to defame, demolish, squash, belittle, or portray me [...]

The Republic of You

The Republic of You

  Do you think it shocking that when I turned eighteen I found my vote never existed no of course not why because according to the republic of you i’m an unfit child I’m an unfit mother Do you think we didn’t notice how ironic it’s a corporatocracy that ordering at a mcdonald’s is much [...]

You Pray They Fall Right

You Pray They Fall Right

  I built a rope swing for my son Jack the other day. Not the world’s safest creation… yet. The tree is old and gnarly—it’s possible his weight (increasing hourly) could yank the whole branch down. Or the knot could slip, though I tied it seven times. Or he could fall again as he did [...]