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by Joseph Bolden
Journey To U. S. Forum In Atlanta, Georgia
On the way to the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia minor problems begin. First a customer using the same 10 person van Poor Magazine folks would be using was returned by the last customer without reinstalling the two extra seats.
It means going back to Colma? City for an hour or more. We stop in Hunter's Point to pick up The Bayview Newspaper to distribute in Atlanta. We rode the highway. They've printed our news, columns, poems, and stories now we rep. It's all good.
In the background Paris and Public Enemy spit reality street knowledge.
By 4pm Ms. Laura Yaya has been driven for four or more hours straight and now is relived by second driver Mr. Arnulfo. Ms. Yaya and Arnulfo also consulted the map double checking for errors. Starting late we didn't know how we'd make up for lost time. Me, like the others mostly napped Ms. Yaya videoed what she can with a minicam. Mickey D's, Carl Jr's are eateries most of the group chose, I, Joe
wasn't hungry, couldn't keep any thing down since the turkey sandwich I had eaten Friday morning. My cold had broken earlier but I stiff feel sick.
Ever since I was young a bloody nose signals the break or end of my flu though
after effects linger for days. and everyone were warned to stay “Hydrated,
because once you feel thirsty its too late your brain is all ready cooking!
Drinking and pouring writer on my head and face keeps my body from over heating cooling me off. We're in Lost Hills? 4:32pm Mr. Dee, Allen's travel reads. By 7am we drive through a town named Boron.(to be continued) |
