The life of a guerrilla poet named divine. Words #1

Today, in the name of the west Indian day parade, I decided to go out the house with 7 Roserys and my flag since every wants to represent on Labor Day there true colors. This flag will represent the Geurrilla Styles and Righteous Soul Movement. My Flag is an American Flag turned upsidedown and in the 1st white line it is written “THE GEURRILLA STYLES AND RIGHTEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT!!!” the second line states “Alimentacion a traves estilo y Soul” and on the third line I posted 7 stars which begin with the first 3 stars of the flag that is turned upside down. And there it is…
SO I got on the D train started off my day and go from car to car reciting my poetry very guerrillaly and I run into this one car and this brotha comes up to me to try to explain to me the signifigance of turning the American Flag upside down, he told me that it is a sign of distress. …Which is my point exactly, In the background while he was telling me thins another brother in the background said, “Forget that SHIT, Keep it Going!!!” and that’s exactly what I decided to do. Keep it going Today I started of in the Bronx on the D Train and worked the A, G, and 4 trains all the way to Brooklyn and back to Manhattan, I got off in Greenpoint and stoped in this lil NICE tattoo parlor called 3 Kings, (I thought that was divine..lol) and then I got on a bus, wrote in my notebook and randomly got of in a neighborhood that I didn’t even know where it was I walked up though because I had a feeling that eventually I would be led up to Eastren Parkway because as I kept walking up I kept walking past barricades. I walked passed Medgar Evars College in Crown Heights (that’s how I knew I was in the neiborghood because I used to live there years ago) and I found myself on Eastren Parkway. Tonight is the night of Juve so the Popo is getting ready and People with apartments at Eastren Parkway are setting up shop. So I decided to support one of the vendors, one was selling flags and bracelets. I bought a Cuba Flag and an Ethiopian Flag, and Jamaician and a Hatian Bracelet. And I went on my way. I found the train at Nostrand ave and I got on the first train that I could get on, that train took me to New Lots Ave. ??? I don’t know what neiborghood I was in bet I seceded to eat at get a Curry Chicken with Broccolii and hella vegitables while I was hungry (a sweet tea and a shrimp eggroll 2… shh… don’t tell nobody;)) In the meantime I lost my Ethiopian flag which is a bummer… After I ate my food I decided to go to the bodega to get some water because my mouth was mad dry and a pen, I got on the train, let it ride to Kingston Ave. and I did my poetry. That then led me to gain 8$ on my first car which was hella motivational, I swear I didn’t need no one else to give me anymore money so I worked the entire train and ended up making a total of 15$ and its all straight blessings and I respect that.
When I work the trains, I work with a divine calamity and try to keep a subtle yet “sometimes” humerious sense. I try to put myself in the seat of the people that Im speaking to. What would I want to hear from a subway poet or what kind of tone would I want to hear. Honestly I can NEVER predict who will put monies in your hat. Which has gave me the ability not to judge a book by its cover, and Love all of my people as the collective of New York City.
When I do subway poetry I try to carry a book along with me, (Its my moonblock to protect me as the ipod protects the patrons who cant hear me out when I voice my poetry on the trains) Todays book is Kwame Nkrumah’s “Consciencism” I turned to Chapter 3 and found a very magical quote by Mazzini which stated: “
“Every true revolution is a programme; and derived from a new, general, positive and organic principle. The first thing necessary is to accept that principle. Its development must then be confined to men who are believers in it, and emancipated from every tie or connection with any principle of an opposite nature. “
…..On that note, I just want to end this blog by saying that I am a founder of a very true revolution called “the Guerrilla Styles and Righteous Soul Movement” which is the programme stated in our Declaration. Currently I am the General, and when I get old and start settling down I prey that someone Glorious and Magnificent can take my place and spread words of Peace through the Movements name. I belive that the principles in our movement are truly positive and organic. I hope and prey everyone down with the movement honestly belives in its mission. And that’s all I got to say, I represent TEAM GOOD, and TEAM PEACE it is a cold war do you know who you are fighting for??? ;) Janell Monae.
God Bless U All in your journey torwards PURE ORGANIC FREEDOM ;) Power7.