by Warren Gaston | Jun 12, 2020
The plane zips cloudward, nose-thumbs earth, rises in collusion with the sky, flies high, shaking off gravity like water off a dog, its sleek metal skin repelling sunshine, sucking clouds through twin funnels like bright cola through a...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 10, 2020
The ship Titanic, heavy with hubris, enfeebled by fire and ice, lost its capacity for displacement and was itself displaced. ________________________________________ hubris = from Greek excessive pride exaggerated...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 8, 2020
“Don’t rush to judgment,” my neighbor said, “There’s a lot we don’t know.” “But there’s enough we do know,” I replied. “We’ve witnessed the videoed facts: A handcuffed man is dead. A policeman paid to protect knelt on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes 46...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 3, 2020
I am a very nice white man. I don’t hate black people. I’m cordial and polite. In fact, I have several black friends. I prefer Lester Holt to the other two anchors. I have marched for racial justice. I’m admire the courage of Kaepernick for taking a national...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 3, 2020
On the afternoon of June 1, 2020 we witnessed four hundred years of oppression against Blacks telescoped into a microscopically moral man. After his eyes adjusted to the light returning from the dark below ground, After holding his breath to avoid the fumes of...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 2, 2020
We live in a time of expectancy, like the anticipation one feels the split second a hammer is hurled in a room full of windows.
