Once in college, I organized a rally. There was talk of a new budget that would
close all county libraries. As a young
undergraduate student studying to become an English teacher I took issue with
this. My wife and I were dating at the
time we shared the same major. She was
equally as disturbed by this. So, I
organized what I figured would be a huge rally in support of keeping the
libraries in the county open. We would organize in the quad on the campus of
Buffalo State College before heading downtown where question & answer style
board meeting was being held. The time
came for my rally to begin and after counting twice, there were six people
there. Before we departed for our next
destination, I noticed a young man that was in a few of my classes walking
by. I said “Hey, Kevin! Want to go to a
rally with us?” He said “Sure!” When he
agreed, he didn’t know what the rally was even about. Since that day, Kevin and I have remained in
contact. We actually participate in a
poetry conversation chain together. He
writes a poem and I respond with a poem.
It’s a nice exercise that forces us to write and it really pushes the
poetic thinking. Kevin recently moved to
California to study film at USC. He
messaged me the other day on Facebook with a link to his most recent
project. He has written a short film/web
series called “Murder in Swan Pond”. He
and his collaborators started a Kickstarter page and set a goal of $4000 to get
their project funded. Last night, I
donated. We all need someone to believe
in us. Every person deserves at least
one person that believes in them. I hope
that Kevin continues to write and create.
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