Hotep,
The elections of 2k12 have been documented and filed in the
archives of political science as this goes to press. I’m was always confident that the 44th
president would maintain his seat as this country’s Commander-in-Chief. Maybe he can better this country’s economical
woes with another four-year term as president.
Maybe not. If nothing else; the
citizens of this country will know that terrorism – in-house or abroad – will
not be tolerated. Na mean?
The American dream will continue to thrive under the
leadership of incumbent president, Barack Obama. However, in the state of North Carolina, Governor
Pat McCrory has his sights set on revitalizing the state’s death chamber. I don’t have to tell you that this will prove
to be a nightmare for death row residents whose appeals have exhausted. Unlike the presidential election, the North
Carolina governor’s race was wrapped up before it started. Pat McCrory was the driver – just waiting for
the keys. SMH
I was pretty consistent with my resolutions for the year
2k12. In “Fulfilling a Resolution”
(3/25/12), I spoke about not allowing the rainy days of 2k11, to sway my drive
of becoming a much better writer. I feel
as though I did just that. But, the end
of 2k12 projected the potential of state sanctioned executions in 2k13. Word is bond!
“Communicating with the masses from a death row prison cell
has proven to be inspirational for some – but exasperating for others.”
These are my exact words coming from that self-motivating
post, of March 25,2k12. With that said;
I will continue to take my life to the next level, in 2k13. For sure!
I only hope the growth in my writing, isn’t founded on the carnage that
the governor has promised to bring to fruition.
Feel me?
As I stated in “Fulfilling a Resolution:” “My life is
currently in a state of a major transition.” This remains true in every sense
of the phrase, and I’m ever so grateful for this concrete cocoon, in which I’ve
grown my literary wings. Peeling through
the payers of this cocoon to achieve my flight to freedom is inevitable. Ya heard?
The sad part about the winds gusting beneath my wings; is
the targeted death row inmates that refuse to grasp the reality of the recent electoral
change. I empathize with death row
prisoners worldwide, but the inmates exhibiting more concern for the inner
dealings of penitentiary life, and blanketing their reality with the guise of
oblivion, while convincing themselves that insignificance is bliss, I can only
offer you this: “Hate it or love it; a change is coming. Feel me?” (Fulfilling a Resolution).
This year, I’ll continue to look at the cup as half full. 2k13 will be a historical year for the state
of North Carolina one-way or the other.
Maintaining my sanity while trapped in this state of lunacy is too big
of a commitment to be labeled a resolution; it’s a life choice. So 2k13; Give me what you got!
Keep it 100,
MannofStat
Copyright © 2013 by Leroy Elwood Mann
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