1 Poetry, Prose & Condz Vol, 2.

I interviewed Piankhi at the official release of the Write Or Die Zine Project issue #6,
known as "Petry, Prose & Conz".

During the interview, I asked Piankhi if He wanted to put out a vol,2 of PP&C,
what would he do different, He said it would be all poetry, and has said for
a while that he also wanted to drop an all handwritten issue.

So y'all know me, my brain kicked into autopilot mode, and I set out to achieve
Piankhis version of a PP&C vol,2 issue, yeah, even before th interview was over,
I had already mapped out the who, where and how vol,2 would look.

Piankhi, being locked into a new study and forthcoming project that will shock most
of our readership, commissioned me full control over vol,2 of PP&C as I was
visually already in go mode, infact, He didn't even want to see the work until
it was ready for publishing. I know this was coming because WODZP issues 4,
5, & 6 felt more like instruction courses and, "now let me see what you can do". I've
been allowed more creative freedom with each issue, perhaps a little too much
because PP&C is a monster, born from me being pushed forward into full
production work by Piankhi.

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(Superdone)
Since the reinstatement of the Poetry Group, I set out to use every resource possible
within the group to take the work load edge off of Piankhis regular volunteer base
that worked wall to wall to make WODZP issues what they are today.
To my surprise, Piankhi had already downloaded The Work from a Florida Deathrow Inmate
that I was licking my chops to feature in Vol,2. In fact, it was the work of
that inmate that became my inspiration to make vol,2 a full page, Bold image
issue of all visuals, art and Photos. I've recently handed Piankhi vol,2, super done.
This is our live poetry slam on Paper, with the many different Handwriting styles
of each poet taking center stage. I was finally free to travel back into the
1990's and allow 2016-17 to enjoy the organic energy, on paper. If nothing else,
I had to at least achieve this goal with this issue, and with a little selfishness on
my side, it was on! :) Enjoy your reading.

(Why not)

So, why not produce a Live Poetry Slam for the First time in deathrow history, and
invite a small group of Prison officials that was instrumental in Re-instating the Poetry group,
why not invite the Prison's SQ News Paper to report on it, why not record the live
session and broadcast it over the Prison's SQTV system?

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and why not aknowledge Ms. Bell for stepping into the challenge of facilitating
not one, but 2 poetry groups to get us ready to pull off what has never
been done on California deathrow.

Why stop there? Why not use the Poetry Slam to pitch my proposal for a inner prison
streamer, yeah, music streamer broadcasted over the SQTV system by way of
plugging directly into a tower holding a harddrive loaded with contest donated
by inmates, employees, and faith based groups, and why not be a first time
ever Mental Health Department Recreation Therapy program created and produced
by a new generation at Condemned Row, another first time ever.

Lets call it "The Sound Mind" :), and the very first broadcast on our new TV Channel
Live Streamer will be the live recording of the poetry slam that we are calling:

("Microphone Check")

So, Mic check 1,2,1,2, the hard work began, and whats most impressive to me is that
my entire proposal sets a budget at ZERO cost to the state, and I'm not
even near adding the phase 2 portion of my programming ideas for The Sound Mind.

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This Poetry, Prose & Condz issue vol,2 has already taken on a life of it's own, and
with the right people, well, why not?

The irony for me is that, inspite of my hard work and staying down with Piankhi from
the first issue of WODZP up into this very second, I haven't been appreciated,
now, I'm not asking nobody to kiss my ass, but it would be great to feel like
this movement is not on behalf of ingrates; some, who are very disrespectful.

(A total of 10 years)

So-called confidential informants and cops have kept me off of the very group
exercise yards that the New Generation of the Condemned population program; seriously.

In a cell for 24 hours a day, and in a Walk Alone Yard cage simply due to my sexual
orientation, as so-called Killers, Gangstaz and whoever needs me out of the way,
claims that my sexual orientation has caused unrest on the group yards, seriously.

(Inspite open displays of contempt)

They say it's always the ones closesed to you, and in this case, that's exactly what the
cops have said, but I dont take cops words over my own, so here, I remain
stuck, while observing only complaints about how I dont work how people ask me
to work, yet, in my all wrong ways, the product continues to get better (underlined),
while silence is my reward.

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(Keepin it pushin)

I do this work because I love and respect this project and the young man
that introduced me to his vision.

One Stanley "Tookie" Williams writing for youth to live, in a safer world needed to be
amplified by the new generation that He walked the yard with to get it done
so Piankhi's Zine vision, "in my opinion" is the very invasion of evil, with reality,
love, care and the peronal humanitarian face of am generation that has been
missing from the positive youth deveopment movement for years, as convicts and
the condemned have been literally written off to Die, even amongst each other,
I seriously contemplate quitting this shit everyday, but,
so, one Zine at a time, finding their way into the hands of people in the struggle, and
to my own next generation of my family is worth the shit I put up with, dealing
with Niggaz that have no idea of whats coming next, or how to engage
the next level as our written work is only the first phase before Minds are
made up to decide wheather we livve or die by way of execution, and what happends
next will truly determine who's serious about this shit, so no matter how
goofy I seem, my laugh, smile, my appreciation of the work of my own will never
transform into the miserable image the enemy demands of us. Who will appreciate me then?

-------xzyzst---------