kneel into
self
as thick as
quicksand
or time
as short as
life
this mind: fritz!
still soft
words
then,
dreams of me
on the young
streets
at dusk,
reaching
for night.
(c) Rob Goldstein 2014-2019
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Poetry: The Prayer
I have loved me
some men, Lord:
me always in
command
as God
intended —
The redheads and
the blonds,
where are they now,
I wonder —
wretched without me,
I guess.
So, who is this twit
with a mind of
his own?
Does he know I
can’t live
without him?
Will you tell him,
Lord
in a dream,
as a dazzling insight?
Will you whisper
he mustn’t hurt
me.
That he, please, please
mustn’t hurt me.
(c) Rob Goldstein August 1991-October 2010
Portrait of Rob Goldstein, based on a photograph by Nina Glaser
(c) Rob Goldstein 2019
Something to Think About …. “✊🏽 #TakeAKnee …. Don’t Forget Why the Protest Began ✊🏽 …. “!!
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RESPECTFUL GESTURE
Sept. 25, 2017
In early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police. The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears: the killing of Alton Sterling in my hometown Baton Rouge, La. This could have happened to any of my family members who still live in the area. I felt furious, hurt and hopeless. I wanted to do something, but didn’t know what or how to do it. All I knew for sure is that I wanted it to be as respectful as possible.
A few weeks later, during preseason, my teammate Colin Kaepernick chose to sit on the bench during the national anthem to protest police brutality. To be honest, I didn’t notice at the…
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