Journal
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Denominations
By Joy Lynn Clark 8/21/2020 Denominations My man need some denominations Let’s have sex in a boat Tied to the dock with a rope Or we can set sail and take a cruise Or we can fuck in the sun and check out the views And watch you count them denominations And we could probably stay out And I might just jump off and float around I’m just a drop in the lake You can give and I’ll take For now anyway Because I’ll be giving it up Turn the moon in to day It’s just a second away Now put that thing in my face Glad we have them…
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Breaking My Heart
By Joy Lynn Clark 8/20/2020 Several years ago I went to lunch with a few friends. It was nice catching up with them. I shot the shit with them and let them all know about my pending Internet release of one of my albums. One of them was my girl from way back, the other two guys I didn’t know quite as well but I did remember them. One of the guys wanted to holler, and we exchanged numbers. After that, we talked on the phone a bit but he told me that he was in the military and then he was soon to ship out. I never saw the…
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God Et. Al Never U Ever
By Joy Lynn Clark 8/17/2020 I have been working on my latest song. Just for fun. Since I decided to speak about the things that I like to do religiously I wonder, is it appropriate to declare that I am non-religious? Also, should the new byline be titled: God et al never u ever? I just don’t have any faith in god anymore. The closest I get to Jesus and Mary is a Prostitute. As an Indigenous Person I have looked at our history: displacement and colonization. I get into the moral norms that many religions seem to offer. They do sound appealing. Do not steal, but you stole our…
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Overprocessed
6/30/2020 Joy Lynn Clark I have always been self-conscious about my look. Most of the time I just cover my hair. With hats at first then head wraps. Growing up I never really knew how to care for it. My hair is thick and gold. From time to time my mom or my step mom will take me to the salon where they would take hours to process my hair and then they would swear I have color and have to chop it off. Everybody loves the color of my hair and everybody hates the texture. Overprocessed is a word that I dread. I have heard this word my entire…
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Bias
By Joy Lynn Clark 6/17/2020 Last time I went to see my family on Chicago’s northside I raised my voice at my grandmother for the first time. There we were sitting in my Aunt Gloria’s apartment watching MSNBC. I have always felt that they slant towards Trump. It is weird since it seems like everyone hates him there but, yet and still they talk about him all day. In recent times, I have decided that I like the stimulus check however, that was voted on by Congress. Anyhow, we are sitting there with grandma and she points out something like, “Trump isn’t going to let us get a stimulus” in…
