hurt people

hurt people

president Mump — Jan. 2025 — © darren harley

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president Mump

if Elon
was in my class
in South Africa

• i would have protected him

• i would have befriended him

• i would have given him space to be free

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bully free

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bully nation 🇺🇸

we have a swollen
case of Mumps
in the mouths
of our elected
politicians
and it’s getting
much worse

a contagious
viral
infection
of anger
and hatred

—

xenophobia¹

—

a callous
fractious
pettiness

—

dividing us
further
apart

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South Africa — Jan. 2025 — © darren harley

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immigration 🇺🇸

i grew up
in a community
of immigrants

—

of outsiders

of South Africans

—

escaping
the tyranny
of Apartheid

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we sprinkled
ourselves
into-a-hearty
multiethnic
multicultural
melting pot
in Houston Texas

• a gumbo
  of flavors
  spices
  textures
  colors
  traditions
  aromas

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we all belonged

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we all belong — Jan. 2025 — © darren harley

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we all belong

you belong
i belong
they belong
we all belong
we all trace
our origins
to Africa

—

we all belong
to a family
of primates

Hominidae

the great apes

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hurt apes

hurt apes

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courageous conversations about the human condition

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underneath the hatred & anger in our world is unprocessed fear.

Tara Brach, (1953 – ), American psychologist, meditation teacher…