A Facebook Inspired Poem ...and Digital Media Influence in 2013

Leaving one's phone behind constitutes a digital crisis!

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A Facebook Inspired Poem

i like acupuncture needles in my feet
i like architecture everywhere
i like ancestors coming to visit in dreams
i like acting and actors, i'm one
i like animals wild at heart
i like anything from africa
i like african american literature
i like autumn, winter and springi like astrology readings
i like art and book festivals
i like america - grandma said the best
i like aspen mountains
i like automobiles for empowerment
i like antiquing on atlantic ave
i like being black today
i like beaches on long island, in carribean sea
i like beautiful young people, (former days)
i like brooklyn, got dropped here by God
i like bill withers to lean on
i like bridges for building and crossing
i like bar-b-que smoke in backyards
i like babies who snuggle me
i like barack obama; he does the right thing
i like broadway and off broadway

i like butterflies landing on hands

i like boyfriends and husbands who commit

i like chaka khan’s ain’t nobody

i like cycling around this town

i like contact sheets in black and white

i like computers that are fast

i like coffee with touch of half and half

i like chicago's skyline

i like clocks whose ticking fades in background

i like connections and coincidences

i like choosing happiness along with joy

i like christmastime with lots of white and red

i like canada because it’s so close

i like condoms for protection of course

i like coca-cola cause of the carbonation

i like candles when they flicker

i like dancing and feeling free

i like darkrooms for concentration

i like dogs with spunk

i like driving across town

i like detroit riverfront views and brooklyn waterfronts

i like doctors who have beside manner

i like drama on television

i like dr. seuss

i like drawing with pencil

i like downtown areas

i like documentaries for learning

i like eggs anytime

i like eat, pray, love, enough said

i like facebook because it’s a phenomenon

i like freedom given freely

i like fela kuti’s afro beat

i like fine arts, period

i like foreign films at bam

i like france - paris, bordeaux and the south

i like my family

i like family by j. california cooper

i like gardening for fresh vegetables and flowers

i like gospel music to lift me up

i like guys who still carry bags open doors say u r beautiful

i like history of the world

i like hgtv for tips

i like the holy bible & want to know it better

i like interior design

i like internet access

i like keyboard lounges

i like kittens, ol' doggies

i like kind people

i like love be love to love

i like literature and poetry of course

i like london because it’s bold

i like little black books for notes

i like luther vandross ballads

i like michael franks’s jazzy self

i like the moon for worship

i like museums that are huge

i like movies the most

i like medical centers to help us all

i like marriage proposals, hard to come by

i like male dance moves

i like martha’s vineyard magic

i like metaphysics because of the mystery

i like margaritas – lime the best, red wine
i used to like maryjane

i like marianne Williamson's new age talk
i like mexican food and acapulco
i like martin luther kings non violence
i like my own room

I like manicures and pedicures weekly

i like nature walks and talks

i like npr when i’m dressing

i like old mama cats

i like oxygen from trees

I like old cameras to collect

i like all prince music

i like psychic ability, which everyone has
i like pastors who give poetic sermons

i like professors who are sympathetic and brilliant

i like photography cause I can disappear behind the camera

i like painting with oils, and i was matisse

I like pumpkins their seeds and sweet potato pies by ma mere

i like prayers for those standing on the edge of greatness

i like reading newspapers and magazines with meals

i like regina belle

i like reality television that produces overnight celebrities

i like restoration & renovation, preservation

i like r and b that’s in my bones

i like reggae music in jamaica

i like relationship books that help with clarity
i like snow skiing – grew up doing it
i like seniors whose shoulders we stand on

I like sleep because it’s makes me better

i like saving stuff for memory purposes

i like slimming teas to produce a bm

i like swimming in the ocean at midday

i like singing along with others

i like sade adu for her deep voice

i like sisters and brothers, especially mine

i like soul, everybody has it and one

i like solar on the white house - finally greening

i like spirituality – it keeps me sane

i like sexiness coming from inside out

i like sunshine on my shoulders by john denver

i like spike lee cause he propelled film in the hood

i like thunderstorms that sound comforting

I like 3:33 am - a good time to be alone

i like theater to transform my mind

i like travel to gain perspective

i like teaching what i know

I like tarot cards to predict

i like this moment

i like taverns for meeting and greeting

i like the university of michigan tradition plus liu's mfa

i like visual arts – every medium, yes i can

i like voting everytime i can

i like walking downhill and uphill

i like writing poetry, short stories, essays

i like water – it feels good when drinking

i like yellow notepads like my dad did
i like ywca saunas and weight machines
I like computers, composition and everything digital
i like you too, very much

-        Amyre Loomis