Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 17:56:22 EDT
Subject: Re: No subject was specified.


Armed
with Armageddon
they trained me to fear
the recurrence
of the Savior, the recurrence
of Salvation, of Blessing, of Heaven.
But what fear I
who knows all colors glow to white,
all colors absorb to black,
all sounds echo in the formless
and all feelings end
with me, within me
now and forever
bodhi-sat here beneath widespread Yggdrasil
Watching the serpent slither
between the roots of eternity.

[c2000 thomas fortenberry]


In a message dated 00-05-25 22:27:30 EDT, Diva wrote:

<< in catholic schools
 surrounded by brown nuns
 we
 colored ourself
 white with pink cheeks
 
 we had more colors than eight
 but we were taught to aspire for
 less
 
 color me
 white
 colored me white
 
 color you "fair"
 
 my fair pretty child
 so you can wear the
 reds
 blues and pinks
 
 fair and curly
 
 so quick to
 sell
 on the market of whiteness...
  >>