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<\/a>photo by Alex Lear<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n STILL RUNNING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (meditations on integration)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n escaping plantations is not<\/span><\/p>\n simple<\/span><\/p>\n simply<\/span><\/p>\n a matter of running<\/span><\/p>\n away \/ for<\/span><\/p>\n to getaway successfully<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n you must not only run<\/span><\/p>\n from<\/span><\/p>\n but establish yourself<\/span><\/p>\n in\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n the place<\/span><\/p>\n to which\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n you run<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n somehow\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n create a home<\/span><\/p>\n create community<\/span><\/p>\n some how<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n shape space<\/span><\/p>\n transform<\/span><\/p>\n the alien air<\/span><\/p>\n of here & now<\/span><\/p>\n where ever\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n you are<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n into the welcoming<\/span><\/p>\n embrace<\/span><\/p>\n of home<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n now that the big house<\/span><\/p>\n is on fire<\/span><\/p>\n and none of the world<\/span><\/p>\n is offering water<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n the progeny\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n of our former masters<\/span><\/p>\n hang out welcome signs<\/span><\/p>\n and proclaim<\/span><\/p>\n we are all the same<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n we can even sleep<\/span><\/p>\n in their beds with them<\/span><\/p>\n if our amnesia is deep enough<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n the price of admission:<\/span><\/p>\n leave your soul at the door, preferably<\/span><\/p>\n outside, not even on the porch<\/span><\/p>\n but in the yard<\/span><\/p>\n the back<\/span><\/p>\n yard<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n now pledge<\/span><\/p>\n allegiance<\/span><\/p>\n to this system<\/span><\/p>\n your history does not<\/span><\/p>\n matter<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n that the jails are full<\/span><\/p>\n of us<\/span><\/p>\n does not matter<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n that our illnesses<\/span><\/p>\n are at record levels<\/span><\/p>\n does not matter<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n that we own less<\/span><\/p>\n have less wealth<\/span><\/p>\n than ten years after<\/span><\/p>\n slavery<\/span><\/p>\n does not matter<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n if we forget<\/span><\/p>\n who we were<\/span><\/p>\n who we are<\/span><\/p>\n does not matter<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n when we think<\/span><\/p>\n the other<\/span><\/p>\n is our problem<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n we have become<\/span><\/p>\n our own problem<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n after all<\/span><\/p>\n aren\u2019t we all<\/span><\/p>\n wayfaring pilgrims<\/span><\/p>\n just passing thru<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n a strange<\/span><\/p>\n land, all of us<\/span><\/p>\n in need<\/span><\/p>\n of a helping<\/span><\/p>\n hand?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 4.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n regardless<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n of what those who own<\/span><\/p>\n to live<\/span><\/p>\n tell you<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n you can only really own<\/span><\/p>\n whatever you brought<\/span><\/p>\n into this world<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n whatever you brought with<\/span><\/p>\n you is all that you can<\/span><\/p>\n