THE BLOCK

Rappers blame "the block" excessively. Everything fierce happens here. Girls get pregnant and guys get murdered for being on the wrong corner wearing the wrong colors. Metaphorically, the phrase conveys the miseries of poverty and the pursuit of fleeting gains. Other artists exploit "the hood" instead, stoking its streets with beats that embellish its quality.

OUR DEPICTIONS

Desire depicts what we invent for ourselves.

Desire dwells above demands that betray its aims. It yields occasionally yet maintains its distance until it accomplishes its intentions, enduring whatever denies its passion, accomplishing with patience what others abandon.

FAR ENOUGH

We seldom go far enough save to see others perform. Meanwhile our dreams remain still-born. We behave as if others are inherently better because we gather in coliseums and stadiums where we experiene the mayhem of greatness, and the sense of excitement that we desire for our lives; even if we don't want it to be that size. What matters is the sizzle.

DATING DESTINY

DESTINY FAVORS MONOGAMY. CELIBACY AND RESOLVE

What is your type? We're all supposed to have one. How do you like your dream --tall and dark or short and easy? Have you found one marriage-worthy or are you still waiting? If so, don't be rushed or ridiculed into choosing. Trust destiny instead to deliver.

SO MUCH

So much of what we say is based on conjecture. So much of what we desire is rooted in illusion. So many of our dreams are as deeply doubted as they are desired. So much of our life is ambiguous, ambivalent, and still-born.

CROSSING OVER

Threaten fear and it will cheer us on.

Thresholds threaten but can't prevent our entry unless we doubt our chances. If so, we remain on the verge resisting the urge to crossover.