This is your first chance of the year to see all three Austin Slam Teams in action! Presented by Austin's Youth Slam Community (TXYWC), this will be your first chance to see both your Austin Slam team and Austin Neo-Soul Slam team compete! Group Pieces galore! This is a 5 Team x 3 Round Team Slam!!

Slam Bowl 6/28/11 @8pm $10 admission

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For HIV/AIDS Awareness Day


RED LOVE

He’s poison,
quick to cause harm.
Loving him is like believing in Adam & Eve,
and receiving snake bites.
Bitten.
Becoming as bitter as the fruit I couldn’t refuse,
but blaming the apple is easier to admit.
He wrote me love letters against my will beneath the tree of knowledge,
knowing confusion smells like love without taste.
Toxic.
I abandon my innocence to his psyche,
it’s likely I’ll be dead by morning with a glass half empty of red ribbons.
Pssst,
AIDS felt good last night.
Pass it on.

By: Ebony Stewart of EbPoetry.com

Thursdays Attitude for Gratitude
I am thankful for...

1) My nephew... giving me another reason to live.
2) patience, understanding, forgiveness, strength, and guidance
3) Not letting you, that, this, break me
4) Being vulnerable
5) Family
6) Him
7) Love... you're beautiful
8) Being asked for, requested, and booked
9) This too shall pass
10) Nominations are kinda equivalent to appreciation