Pensive Muse

Happy 25th Birthday, Sean Bell, Happy Birthday, Bro. Malcolm!



Last night I tried to post my thoughts, but, I guess I forgot to push the submit button, because nothing posted, maybe it was for the best, giving me enough time to reflect on my thoughts...maybe it was the weather that had me in such a pensive mood...I thought about Sean Bell and how he should have been celebrating his 25th birthday with his wife and daughters...I thought about El Malik El Shabazz who would be celebrating today had violence not erupted on 168th Street...I wonder what he would be doing today...what would we be doing...would we still be going through the same things we are going through now?...I do believe violence is based upon fear of the unknown...ignorance breeds disaster....why can't we just ask the questions that will give us the answers we need...why are people jawboning about Sue Simmons asking her friend and colleague,Chuck Scarborough, "What the eff are you doing?" she thought she was off the air...but, that is the very same question I want to pose to George W. about the economy,(it is in the toilet and going down the drain), the price of food, staples not steaks-- (eggs, bread, fruit, milk, flour, rice, the very things we need to survive, fuel ($4.00 a gallon, I remember when it was 35 cents a gallon) and housing, who can afford to live decently anymore?...with summer just a scant 4 weeks away, why is it 53 degrees outside?...as Marvin asked, "What's Going On?"...all blood that spills colors the streets red... enough is enough...

"We have been telling the people that this is the
Eleventh Hour
Now we must go back and tell the people this is the
Hour"

Alice Walker