czvasser

Author: czvasser

As a kid, I grew up in Morrisania, in the Bronx and learned to grow food in the Crotona Park victory garden. That ultimately led to a green career including 20 years at the Bronx Zoo and more than 30 years in non-profit management. I learned to cook at my grandmothers knee before I was 10 years old and still love it. My love basketball and I referee boys, girls High School Varsity and recreational basketball. I write, I write, I write. I was an English major with a thought of going into journalism. Hmm, but I still write everyday.

May 6, 2016 czvasser Fried Chicken

The Awkward Window

In the summer when your curtains
play with the wind
my eyes turn
to your open window.
I linger
and tumble down
until
I am thoughts of things
that were and were not.

In the fall when colors blare
signaling a coming or a going
I gather and I do not
I pass your window
there is a sense of harvest
a time of cornucopia
a feeling the grain bins
of the spirit will be filled
the time of growing has yielded
to maturation.

Winter comes and freezes on your window
I am more huddled now
your drapes not animate
your window will not look at me.

Then there is spring
with its pastels of inconsistencies
I hold my longing as I do my breath.

I am outside the seasons.
There is no face that waits
no heart upon the curtains
why look at that awkward window
except I might see you there.

May 5, 2016February 23, 2017 czvasser Afroticity

Justice Not Lynching

The Infamous Lynching Site That Still Stands in Mississippi

Flying a flag says, “this is my territory and I will defend it to the death.” It also stands for a way of life. The American flag is supposed to stand for the American Way of Life: Freedom and Justice for All. What does the confederate flag stand for “Lynching Condoned Here?”

We put up monuments and statues to proclaim truth, virtue, honor and to celebrate men and women who have propelled us to greater humanity. It is time we tear down symbols of racism, oppression and murder. – Chuck Vasser

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016 czvasser Fried Chicken

Black Lives Matter

“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them”. – Martin Luther King Jr

Morning Coffee

Max Robinson

“I remember when every TV evening newscast everyday had a story about a Black person being sought or convicted of a crime. Most often, it was the lead story. Clearly, they were selling their narrative’’. CZV Never heard of him? That’s sad. All you Niggas exercising your 4th amendment rights on Instagram, Tic Tok and … Continue reading Max Robinson