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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Hustle Culture Reprise: Just Us, Not like us: Screw Driver ‘Not Like Us’ “Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, Dot, fuck ’em up Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, I’ma do my stuff Why you trollin’ like a bitch? Ain’t you tired? …
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Isaiah Jones versus the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Hustle Culture: “We shoulda’ brought shotguns for this” “Ezekiel 25:17. “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the…
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea The Right of Return: The Return of the Po mu Nnipa/The Sea Peoples* That was the name given to them by the Akan Asante Twi-speaking elders to the new tribes of the diaspora as they returned across the sea having made the pilgrimage from Galveston to Ghana in their little…
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea: The Lonely Fiancée of the Emperor Jones pt 2* May 6th, 2022, United States/San Diego, California Isaiah Jones vs the Sea: “Pull up to the Bumper” pt 2* of the epilogue to the chapter “The Lonely Fiancée of the Emperor Jones pt 2*” from the novel “Isaiah Jones versus the…
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Isaiah Jones versus the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey): Wade in the Water ‘Wade in the Water’ “Man went down to the river Man went down to the river, Lord Man went down to the river Went down there for to pray Man went down to the river Man went down to the river, Lord…
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Isaiah Jones vs. the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) The Big Blue: This is What the Water Said At 108 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Isaiah halted his free dives descent, holding his position in the depths. Above him, the 44-foot sloop the SS Exodus held her place, using an AI-directed guidance…
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Isaiah Jones vs. the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Juneteenth 2021: The Griot in Galveston June 19th, 2021, Galveston, Texas/Potter’s Field “This is what the earth taught me.” -JDC “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” -Steve Biko Penelope Stockard Bedowitz wasn’t certain what circle it…
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea: School Daze pt 2 Strange Fruit Reprise: Higher Education in the Age of American Exceptionalism I Only Speak the Truth Professor Damien Iroko Sisulu looked at the freshman class, adjusting his spectacles, then straightened his full Windsor-knotted navy tie with crimson stripes. The steely old ANC/African National Congress…
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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea: School Daze pt 1 : Strange Fruit Reprise: Higher Education in the Age of American Exceptionalism; “Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees” — Billie Holiday Penelope Stockard Bedowitz and…
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Isaiah Jones versus the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) Day One Grounded; the Wrong side of the Buoy* Chapter 5 Galveston to Key West: prelude; January 1st, 2022 “Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, look where my hand was Time isn’t holding up, time isn’t after…
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