Never has a book been so apropos to the world today. As we attempt to find our humanity in the midst of war and racism, a voice cries out that goes far beyond the world of sound bites. Marvel J. Warren's A DAY IN THE DEATH OF INTOLERANCE is a penetrating analysis of the mechanism of society and human behavior. This read is a vicarious living of the American experience -- a jewel for anyone wanting to understand what makes twenty-first century America tick. Horace M. Ellis III
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and fireflies of starry illuminations/ can merely stumble through shadows/ until they find memories of us/ folding into each other’s heart/ gazing on summer/ at your winter’s end/ to light their way to heaven
There came a time when/ softening my contempt for/ these monsters, realizing they are also affected/ by the cryptless crippling of human experience/ and their lives are filled with a sad and lonely desperation for misery/ i gained the understanding/ of a vision found in the heartland/ of “audacious hope”
in my rebirth/ the quintessence of affection/ rooted in integrity and honesty/ awakes me from all dreams/ and merges me/ into the awe and wonder/ of a world of my own design/ of my own vision/paradise is born
take away their rights, so they cannot fight/no books for the ones who are late/ for we are right/ and early is better than late/ beat them/ and desecrate their spirits/ who is going to stop us
if it is time/ to apologize/ do so/ if they forgive you/ in a victorious voice/ run!/ or you will be bled to death/ by the guilty/ who cast blame/and/ plead only innocent
i say, “bad night.” i hear the foul play of a midwinter night’s/ dream asking where am i. as role of a man points to a ghost of/ roam in form of a brother's hand of anger, i am a seeker of/ murderers. wherefore executions?
it sleeps not to a final good-night-grace/ behind those softy closed eyelids/ but to Life beyond mortal bonds/ disguised as a cold body fleeing in still rest/ on its final pilgrimage to quest for more
can you feel what it feels like/“to wait for something to happen/ which is never going to happen?”/ can you feel what it feels like/ “to breathe that easy breath of air”/ before “it” happened along?/ can you imagine a world free of“it”?/ I have!