A short time ago, in a democracy far gone away . . . BROKE ONE: AN ORANGE WARS STORY Friday, January 20, 2017 . . It was a dark time in the galaxy. When last we left our hero (?), the force-sensitive nomad known as Droop Brokeballer, he was staring skyward from the planet of [...] ...
I wrote this in response to a Facebook post by my old friend Femi aka The Drifish (www.anartkeymusic.com). Femi listed his top 10 non-anime animated series, going on to defend many of his choices and omissions by expressing that most adults name the cartoons they grew up with out of nostalgia, while he never stopped [...] ...
A little over 24 hours prior to this post, I got up to help make history at the polls as soon as they opened. As I stood in line for about a half hour, I remembered the excitement of voting for the first black President the last two times I stood in that same line. [...] ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09g9tJ5Ljn0 Because all the rappers (and even some amateurs) are doing one. But this one features a twist of Kaepernick and a fist of Afro pick. You’ll see . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09g9tJ5Ljn0 ...
https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-8-the-understanding-thisisthepart-part-31-of-31 And at long last, “this is the part” that all the other parts have led to. The end of the Neverending Story. (“Eeee-eeee eeee-eee eeee-eeee . . “) The ultimate understanding of the ultimately un-understandable. And if you understand that, then my friend Frank has a beach house to sell you in Idaho. I [...] ...
https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/see-thru-you-thisisthepart-part-30-of-31 “If she was the one, then I’ll write this into remembrance / If she wasn’t the one, then I’ll write this into existence / If there is no one, then I’ll write this as blissful fiction / Passion, projection, or penmanship; take your pick . . ” “See Thru You”, #ThisIsThePart, Part 30 of 31 [...] ...
“What does it mean when the one who had the fullest whiff of your soul / Declares that they’re all sniffed out and desire rehab from your hold? . . “ Even heartache is easier to navigate with a friend. Here, myself and dear friend and talented Tamil poet Gowri K traded part questioning, part [...] ...
https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-7-the-grieving-thisisthepart-part-28 “This is the part we’d both wanted to avoid but the way we were avoiding had become worse than the thing we were avoiding . . ” Yeah. That part. (Painting courtesy of www.reshadapullenjireh.com. Photography courtesy of www.rdionefoto.com. Follow the complete #ThisIsThePart saga at www.brokeballer.com!) https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-7-the-grieving-thisisthepart-part-28 ...
Sometimes, it be not the fear of the tears that run about. It be the acid reflux indeed of the tears that won’t come out. “Hold on to the moment, love . . ” “Slowly Surely / Love Rain (remix)” {#ThisIsThePart, Part 27 of 31} https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/slowly-surely-love-rain-thisisthepart-part-26-of-31 (Painting courtesy of www.reshadapullenjireh.com. Photography courtesy of www.rdionefoto.com. Keep up with [...] ...
“Love In The Time Of Science” {#ThisIsThePart, Part 26 of 31} https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/love-in-the-time-of-science-thisisthepart-part-26-of-31 “You have to be careful not to fall into my trap . . ” ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez In 1985, Gabriel Garcia Marquez released the novel Love In The Time Of Cholera. It centered around a decades-long love, kept kindled by an endearing-if-impossibly-awkward [...] ...