Make it Plain: HBCU vs. PWI

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Big Tune Thursday: Puuuuuuull Up!

i’m feelin these two these days.

-Selecta A-plus

The Ingrate

My friend got this parrot that only likes women and children.  It sits on a stick in an open cage, shackled, on one leg, by a thin metal chain, and lets who it wants pet it on its head.  When i try, it snaps at my fingers.

Every now and again, the bird forgets it’s shackle and tries to fly off it’s stick only to be yanked down and thrown underneath the cage.  In a flurry of feathers and beak, it helplessly tries to pull itself back to its perch.  When my friend is around, she helps the bird back up with delicacy and affection.

Call it ego, but i don’t like not being liked.  So when this bird tried to make a brake for it and was left hanging like an ill-planned bungee jump, i saw it as my golden opportunity to get on this thing’s good side.  With delicacy and feigned affection, i cradled the animal and softly led it back to it’s resting spot.

It stood still, looking at me.  i looked back.  It’s eyes didn’t move.  i was holding my breath.  Awkward silence.  Shaky stillness.  i had to make my move soon, before the bird’s memory of my recent act of unabashedly selfless heroism faded.

In a non-threatening motion, my hand raises, headed in the direction somewhere above the parrot’s head.  No sudden moves.  Hey, little buddy.  Hand descending towards the bird’s crown, black eyes fixed. As my hand approaches, the bird leans in for the illest pet of its life in a shameless act of deception.  For as i closed the final distance between my hand and it’s dome, the damn bird bit me!

Some people are just ungrateful. I ain’t wanna touch that dirty thing no way.

-amari

Two New Make it Plains

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Happy Monday

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