teen poetry!

last night pryor and i went to the youth speaks teen poetry slam semi-finals and it was uh-may-zing. seriously. i cried, i laughed, i cheered, i got the chills. i was completely moved and blown away that words so beautiful could come out of people so young (15-17). i certainly wasn't thinking these things at their age and i'm not sure that any of my friends were either.

below is a video that you should only watch if you are prepared for a real story that is hard to hear. it probably would be rated R due to some of the language. this guy made it to the finals, which are next weekend...



they all weren't like this... there was everything from global warming to gavin newsom (mayor of sf). i love love loved it.