The most complexing and painful question that I realize I
may never answer is: Why would someone wake up each day and make it a goal to
hurt others physically or emotionally. I don’t think there will be a clear
answer, but I do know that there are three types of forces in nature: humans,
snakes, and the lost. And though my choice to stay in my state and get the best
education I could possibly get in a place where snakes have chosen money over
life, I realized I am sick of snakes hurting the people I see everyday. I am
sick of all these lost people in Louisiana fallen victim to the games of evil
mostly through the uses of words. As I have been a lost individual like the
ones I love, I am sick of them being confused on who or what to blame for why
they are hurting. I am simply here to tell you in the most simple and plain fashion
that the reason you are hurting, Louisiana, is that snakes disguised as us are
slowing injecting us with their venom, right here in our own home, they have
chosen to destroy our self-esteems and our humanity and that is clearly a lack
of concern for life.
There’s nothing that hurts more than when we lose someone from our Louisiana Words family. But, the beauty of our writing movement is that the words of our loved ones live on with us. On June 20th, 2023, Louisiana Words Allstar, Jorge Arturo, moved on from this world leaving our hearts broken. He was a charismatic and talented human being. Jorge resided in New Orleans, LA and had been active on Louisiana Words for over a year. To honor Jorge’s life and work, we will be sharing his writing and live performances all Summer 2023. Please help keep his spirit alive by sharing his work. We know that Jorge’s words will connect with our readers and we hope to keep his spirit alive. Jorge’s first submission: “The Dog Show” debuted on February 6th, 2022 and is his most successful piece to date. In 2022, Jorge spent 10 weeks in the top with “The Dog Show,” “Weavers,” “They Say Love Kills, This Time It Really Did,” and “If Hell is Real, It Looks Like an Airport.” His la...
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