blog(!) + roopa’s temporary outro message

dear readers,

i’m taking a blogging sabbatical till christmas break. gotta clear the way for confidence as i move through the climactic density of many, many finals. send me love and i’ll be sending it back. but before i leave, a bit of encouragement, on blogging

a friend of mine asked, why blog? which got me thinking. i’ve landed a job and a life path off of this blog. so, blogging has literally changed my life.

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why blog?

blog because it is free and freeing

blog for the platform and for the practice

blog it, remix it, shred it, weave it, collage it

blog as one way of making your creation count

blog on the racist wars

blog on your fav star whores

blog with love or hate

blog before its too late

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love,

roopa singh

hip hop holiday tip: speed up to slow down stunna!

dear readers,

one thing about driving in new york, you have to know how to speed up to slow down. i suggest you do the same to truly enjoy the holiday season.

you’re in a car curving around grand army plaza, waiting with bated breath, foot poised over the gas peddle, light turns green, and their off!  until the next block, where a perfectly visible red light has been waiting for you the entire time.  so you slam on the breaks, especially if you’re a dollar van barreling down flatbush ave, and bring your ride to unnecessary, whiplash halt.  proceed in this manner all the way to your destination.  you’ll get there in the same amount of time it woulda taken you if your foot was easier on the gas (if your breath was more even, if your mind was more peace) but you’ll have the added benefit of being good and stressed.  i guarantee you that if you speed up to slow down all the way to your next move (or your last move) you’ll arrive having cultivated a whole next level degree of disassociation and impatience.

this is a perfect perscription for feeling big, bad, and righteous.  which we all need to feel.  when we are being total assholes to ourselves and the world around us.

attention all holiday shoppers.  whether you’re shopping for goods or just a good, peaceful time: keep speeding up to slow down.  cuz its so ineffective it works.   free, painful armor, load up people, its the ultimate black friday dizz-eal!

honestly, why pace yourself?  pacing yourself from here to new years will just mean you get to be present, that you get to be in your body, sit with your feelings, remember all your actions, that you’ll be gently and compassionately compelled towards accountability. its all fucked off.

lead to the pedal baby.  do it.  press on the gas.  because it works so good.  don’t it.

peace,

roopstar the mad rapper

 

 

love poems by roopstar

dear readers

in the midst of insistent and sweet whirlwinds, a few love poems, for my romantics….

 

cuddle

we said cuddle
but her voice said wet
and so I set
my hands on sweet tirade
and mouthed out cuddle
in tongues

it wasn’t you

it wasn’t you
but I blessed you
nonetheless

it wasn’t you
but I still smell you
on the rest

it was never you
yet I fought you
with my best

rabbit proof fence

shawty got me the fur with the hoodie
she bein mad nice
she not gonna get the goodies
she still rolls the dice
I rock it on the street
warm and soft
they say I can pull it off
but why play off
this rabbit proof fence
inside of me
long legged gait
where’s my clean slate
I look at my plate
and see abundance
but childhood truth was starving
so you carving
out the time
and money
is dandelion honey
this fur
reminds me
of climbing
the rabbit proof fence
inside

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stay tuned lovelies,

roopa singh