“Good morning, Mr. Jobe.”

photo by jason teale 

I was brown so they shot at me

I spoke a different language so they jailed me

I was not born here so strangers cursed at me

some of them hit me

being brown speaking another language

and being born far away across an invisible line

I have no business existing

                                       

I was brown so they shot at me 

Right

after all this is America

land of equality 

and that's not for just anybody

-james lee jobe 

What we speak becomes the house we live in.

-Hāfez

here 

taste this 

you are new 

with the feel of a new lover 

in your arms

new 

flesh on flesh 

yes and skin on skin 

lips and tongues

a kiss   a lick  

a second of your time 

sensual and new 

-james lee jobe 

There is nothing other than this present moment; there is no past, there is no future; there is nothing but this. So when we don't pay attention to each little this, we miss the whole thing.

-Charlotte Joko Beck

rain shower today 

and another yesterday 

eyeing my peach tree 

-james lee jobe

photo by jlj

Imagine this - that you finally let go of the Past

and so allow Today to open up like a rose.

-james lee jobe

Some people have a way with words. Others, not, have way.

 -Steve Martin

“Good morning, Mr. Jobe.”  I need a new name. 

One that doesn't belong to a dead man. 

A name with power and strength.

Warmth and Mercy. 

This name I have, it was my father's name for a while. 

It never did him any good either. Hanging 

around his neck like a too-short necktie. 

Of course, when you get down to it, 

we should all choose our own names. 

And change them whenever we please. 

How do you like them apples, Mr. Government Man? 

-james lee jobe

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James