Between The Sun And Poverty There Was

When I Devoted Myself To Poetry - And Poetry Is A Very Serious Medium - I Don't Think The People That Knew Me As An Individual With That Tongue-in-cheek Kind Of Humor...well, It Didn't Always Lend Itself To My Poetry. When You're Writing Poetry, It's Like Working With Gold, You Can't Waste Anything. You Have To Be Very Economical With Each Word You're Going To Select. But When You're Writing Fiction, You Can Just Go On And On; You Can Be More Playful. My Editor's Main Task Is To Cut Back, Not Ask For More.

There’s Something Insupportable About Being Pissed With The One Person On This Planet That Sends Your Adrenaline Flowing To Remind You That You’re Alive. It’s Almost Like We’re Mad Because We’ve Been Shocked Out Of Our Usual Comatose State Of Being By Feeling Something For Someone, For Ourselves, For Just A Moment.

In Nature, Creatures Never Ended The Lives Of Others Except To Survive. To Women, Abortion Was Self-defense And Preservation Of The Species. Abortion Was Not A Fancy Borne Out Of The Female Mind. Abortion Was Instinct Beyond Ideas. Abortion Was Fear (the Cat That Devours Its Litter When A Predator Nears).

Mexico. Melancholy, Profoundly Right And Wrong, It Embraces As It Strangulates.

It Is An Absolute Impossibility In This Society To Reversely Sexually Objectify Heterosexual Men, Just As It Is Impossible For A Poor Person Of Color To Be A Racist. Such Extreme Prejudice Must Be Accompanied By The Power Of Society's Approval And Legislation. While Women And Poor People Of Color May Become Intolerant, Personally Abusive, Even Hateful, They Do Not Have Enough Power To Be Racist Or Sexist.