Late Tuesday evening, a local amateur “photographer” named Emanuel Wallace was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Okay, not really but from time to time my mother and I talk about ways to get by and such. I wonder how she’d feel if I ever got into hustles like that. I guess we’ll never know.

That’s how many days I’ve been living. You can find out how long you’ve been alive at anomalies-unlimited.com (link). Anyways, my birthday is coming to a close, and while I didn’t really do too much out of the ordinary…I’d say it went fairly well. I was looking at this poem that I wrote a few years ago about my conception and such.

I posted this picture and poem a couple months ago over on my Flickr. I wasn’t sure if i had posted it here or not. As it turns out, I hadn’t..so I’ll do it now.

American Winter (051:366)
Originally uploaded by MannyWallace
Just reposting a poem and picture that I posted on Flickr about a month ago. Trying to get focused and motivated enough to write a bit more
Gil Scott-Heron has a song called Winter In America (see below). He said that he felt as if the seasons in society [...]

Get A Little Closer (052:366)
Originally uploaded by MannyWallace
I didn’t feel like writing today, so I went back and looked through my old notebooks again. Found another one of those pieces about my desire for someone. I guess you all say that I stay having feelings for someone, but this is the same person that “If [...]

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The Easy Way Out (053:366), originally uploaded by MannyWallace.
Looking in my notebook again, I came across this piece. I’d like to emphasize that this is from November 2001 and I’m fine now. It is rather [...]

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She’s Gotta Have It (054:366), originally uploaded by MannyWallace.
“She Wants It”
She had a burning desire for, an ever growing need for it.
She would get down on her knees and plead for it
She said [...]