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Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Just
because M ercury is doing such and
such, w hy should I care? W ell, t h is .
m onth yo u're going to fin d o ut
w he th e r you care.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec.23)
A lig n your chakras th is m onth, be on
the look o u t fo r anyone tryin g to te ll
you w ha t to do. Except fo r the stars, o f
course. You should always listen to
? them .
Capricorn (Dec. 24-Jan. 19)
Double your e ffo rts and reap double
the rewards. T rip le your e ffo rts and
reap trip le th e rewards. We see a
pattern here, th e stars w a n t yo u;to see
som ething w e're ju st n o t sure w h a t,
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
"A lw aysJook on the b rig h t side o f
life ," M onty Python to ld us, th o u gh
they were being Crucified at th e tim e.
We th in k this m onth is going to the
dogs, b ut th a t's just us.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20)
M isleading people is not a very nice
way to tre a t people, b u t hey, it's in
our blood, ah, we mean in o u r space
I dust or som ething.
Aries (March 21-April 20)
A tonem ent. That's a big w ord w ith an
even bigger m eaning; ju s t th in k o f it
this way, th e stars fe e l you should be
at one th is m onth.
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Education * Dialogue ♦ Independence
by Brian Feist
What a world where clothes have
Better access to health care than people
I coughed up blood today,
It was an odd occurrence
I didn’t know what to do
I wanted to call you, but knew that
I shouldn’t
We don’t speak
Riding the 6 again
Going home from school
Or work
Who knows?
No one speaks
I think of you
Of me
Of us
Of where we were when we fell into each other’s arms
We don’t speak
I wish things were different
But do I try to make things different?
Do I listen even to myself?
I don’t speak
I remember a night in August
You wore a white T-shirt
We walked and talked and held each other
“I don’t know what to say,” You said
Just like that day or night in June
When you emoted the pain I now caused you
I didn’t speak
“I don’t know what to say” I said
Hoping that that somehow fixed things.
Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Slowly we head north
The bus fills with single people
We don’t speak
I just watched “Hedwig and the Angry
Inch” it made me think of you.
“This is the last stop in zone one”
Farther up MLK we go~~
“Ding” “next stop please”
We don’t speak
Just a half-hearted
“Thanks” as people exit
We pass the fabric clinic
Killingsworth, almost home
Do people know when they are about
To die? Is it just dramatic?
Is it a cry for help?
Eight people on the bus
Nine counting the driver
More a part of the machine than One of us
Left turn on Lombard
Past Taco Bell
My Past
Never in my life have I gone
Without a burrito for so long
Money is tight
“Maybe it wasn’t blood,” I tell myself
i Just something red in my mouth
Alone in the back
Alone in the front
We head west
Finally to Denver
Just two more stops
-
Just the rest of my life
We don’t speak
“Do you need some assistance?”
The driver asks
“No, I got it”
- The reply
No one else moves
T he bus moves on
We don’t speak
Taurus (April 21-May 20) Every
how and then being th e stars really
sucks, like when we have to te ll people
bad'news. Luckily fo r you, we d o n 't
have any bad news fo r you this m onth.
W ell, d o n 't spend to o much tim e by
th e river this m onth; th a t's all w e're
saying.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Rise
to the occasion this m onth. The stars ■
see som ething special on the horizon,
and we w an t you to be prepared.
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Cancer (June 22-July 22)
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Concerned w ith th e nature o f being,
existence or re a lity in general, the
p o in t being academia th in ks th e y're
b ette r at know ing how to live than you
do. We say you are th e expert o f your
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 23) Can things
really get any worse? Yes, be careful
_what you wish fo r.
Virgo (Aug. 24-SepL 22) Knights
in shining arm or are going to come
and save us a ir this m onth. W ell,
maybe not, b ut w e can hope.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Sadly,
the stars feel really uncom fortable
te llin g you this, b ut u n til th e clouds -
break, we ca n 't te ll w h a t th e heck js
going on. '
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