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a novella

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An edition of meandthesedreamingeyesofmine (2000)

meandthesedreamingeyesofmine

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meandthesedreamingeyesofmine: a novella
June 2000, Mile 7 Publishing Group
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New York City, NY

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
148
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
Weight
7.2 ounces

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Open Library
OL11771930M
ISBN 10
0970107005
ISBN 13
9780970107008

Work Description

meandthesedreamingeyesofmine: a novella is a collection of poetry, prose and images that tries to make sense of the current emotional state that men all across the inner cities, prisons, and high-rises are experiencing - right here, right now. dreamingeyes is an attempt to witness the birth of two brothers and question the existence of what has engulfed many of our young men. To make sense of this self-fulfilling theory that is an enigma, since many of us do not know ourselves - sleepwalking in a crazed daze with our souls wide shut.
The bold, truth-filled images of this novella bring forth the issue of the origin of masculinity (feMALE|woMAN) and contemplates if this creation is intended to be somehow existent of one another. Maybe we came from what was already there?

The striking, heavily referenced poetry shows a myriad of thoughts and the processes of such, as the younger brother in the novella tries to grow - ultimately realizing the images he dreamt about were leading him to the magnetic path of love.

The poignant, touching Soledad essays|poems show the older brother's steps to self-rehabilitation, steps to liberation -- all the while damning these "mad houses" that separate the bond that woman and man naturally have. The boundaries of these "mad houses" extend far beyond the cold floors and steel bars of his world, yet sometimes we are too blind to realize it's borders.

With each chapter of the novella as a period in life, the novella sways to and fro between fantasy and reality yet bring us full circle. Elements of William S. Burroughs, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault and Popular Culture are intertwined in the title poem to somehow connote this dream-like state that the characters (like their parents) are in -- wishing for something better, having nothing less, believing all is well.

The flow of the novella also has interpolations of a modern musical CD; as a popular culture, music engulfs us, surrounds us, and brings us closer to the word(s). With poems like the "obligatory remake" and the "hidden track", dreamingeyes is more than just paper on words, it is life - this life that moves us. Could the term LP possibly mean "liberation piece"? We wonder as we hear both brothers lament their innermost thoughts to us -- the strange thing is that we sometimes hear our own voices in their longing battle cries.

God is...Love is...We were...and still are...the revolution this novella speaks so boldly of.

dreamingeyes is an endeavor, an attempt, to give us the sustenance that we need. To make those who wait to exhale and those who long to inhale simply learn how to breathe - together, naturally. The state of us is in our art, the revolution is within us all, we are as timeless as it is...the mission impossible is Isaiah 32:3...

  • Mile7Publishing Group 2000

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excerpt from the chapter adulthood:

her hands as sharp as daggers
she held me tightly
and as her lover
my heart bled each time...
with bullets for tongues
she whispered my death
as words raced from her lips
like saturninus' chariots...
her laugh was but a deafening clash
a cymbal that left me incapable
of deciphering right from wrong
yet i smiled each time...
so as she commanded, it was done
vengeance be thy name
for the acts that i committed
i knew that she would one day come for me...
lady andronicus
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