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Friday, June 10, 2005

BY ANY OTHER NAME

by Truth Thomas

Latest Military Fatality Date: May 26, 2005
Total Fatalities since May 1, 2003: 1583
--Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count


Beware of
                   
                   parlor

generals
                   
                   who call

cheesewhiz
                   
                   brie

crackers
                   
                   hors d’oeuvres

war
                   
                   theater.


Truth Thomas is an emerging musician and poet from Washington, DC. Musically, Thomas incorporates a wide range of musical expression from the African Diaspora and beyond to form his own personal artistic expression. In his poetry, he strives to marry crafts of both "page and stage" in an introspective style that is lyrical, spiritual and political.