holy shit
so over 4 months ago i decided that i’d be deleting my tumblr account because life is just too wild. well let me tell y’all something really quickly before i get back to getting rid of this account.
here’s a few things:
first of all, a confederate monument was toppled in durham, nc on august 14 at a solidarity demonstration we held for charlottesville. i am among 15 people facing charges (2 felony riot charges, and 3 misdemeanors related to property damage) for alleged participation in this toppling. you can follow Defend Durham on Facebook for updates. you can also follow workers.org to get updates about it from the cadre organization I am a part of -- Workers World Party.
i was arrested on august 16, the morning we showed up to do court support for Takiyah Thompson, the brave and young Black queer woman who climbed the statue and invited the crowd to make a choice about whether or not it was coming down. i was arrested in the courtroom and the cops seized my phone -- at the time it was the ONLY device where I was logged into my tumblr account.
tonight I decided i’d try again to remember my password -- literally I’ve been trying for two months to guess my password. and finally it worked.
i’ve been getting lots of fucking hate mail and my shit, along with others, have been posted on the scum of the earth white supremacist forums -- like 4chan. so i’m really relieved that i’m back on my account so i can delete the really vulnerable shit i’ve posted here over the past decade.
i read at a poetry festival this past weekend, 2 pieces i self-published in my chapbook “hold on” and a new piece i wrote specifically for the panel i was invited to be on -- on poetics of migration. i’m trying to take myself seriously as a writer again so i feel really good about it.
now that i have access to this account again i’ll be deleting stuff pretty steadily. if you want to stay in touch, reach out.
