Today is the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington. Where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his momentous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech calling for an end to racism here in America. I was reading about this before I went to bed last night. Reminded that he deviated from the speech he had prepared and began to improvise. I love that. That is such a powerful decision. I don’t know what the original plan was but we have all had that moment where we saw an opportunity to just say ‘Fuck it, I am here and I am going for it.’ The truth. Him choosing to be in the moment and to express himself fully was such a gift. It is devastating that all these years later we still have not managed to realize that dream. In another speech in St. Louis he said “ We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” It hurts my heart that this is something to be learned. Why is it don’t we want to live together? How are we still struggling here?
After I turned in for the night I had some dreams of my own. Mildly salacious with a touch of resistance and revolution. I was in the produce section of a grocery store talking with Bill Hicks. In the dream we knew each other. Yes, my fantasies take place in the produce section. Anyway, he was wearing a suit and didn’t appear to be shopping but he was walking along with me as I picked things up. I asked him what he was doing there and at that moment the store reformed and clearly revealed itself to be a Whole Foods. He motioned upstairs and told me that he was the new CEO. I didn’t know what to say. I asked if he was joking. He laughed and told me no. Then he leaned in close to explain that he was there to take down Bezos. I listened to his plan to over throw the richest man in the world and dismantle his wicked corporation. I got excited. Then without thinking about it I kissed him and he turned beet red. It gets fuzzy from there but at some point after that we were camping.. or perhaps excommunicated from society by lord gawd Bezos himself. It’s hard to say.
Two visionaries gone too soon. Similar messages. Different delivery. We are all one. I guess that’s how my waking and sleeping brain connected these things or maybe taking the Amazon ship down would somehow be a step toward ending racism? Who’s to say?
Day 216: Quinoa, kimchi, blueberries, mango, cilantro and coconut amino acids and oil.