Date rape is a serious subject. I will address it soon. I hit a great idea when Oscar thought I was joking and I had to give him a taste of how real persona can make any subject.

If a man stood in the middle of a platform during rush hour and remembered his poem, would he give himself a heart attack in shock? I don't think so. I'm almost there guys.
I am not sure if slamming is going to be as great as training. I am loving every moment of it.

Oscar lets see if I can capture the moment?
Oscar: Do you think that editing your poems a bit for a slam is doing something wrong to your poem?

Eliel: Oscar understand that poetry is not a hobby for me. It is not my profession either. It is my life. My mornings and my nights, My happiness and my sorrow. Every aspect of my life has poetry in it. If it doesn't I include it right away. When I am joking around with you guys, and I parody my own work I do it because it is my creation, my art, my life, and it can also translate into my humor. Do you think that Da Vinci never drew a mustache on the Mona Lisa when he was with friends? Of course he did. They drew mustaches and joked around and laughed and had a great time, but when it was time to make it last, to enter it in the record books, he erased the mustache. Okay a slam is a game, a contest. I don't mind moving a word or two to make a piece, that I am already proud of and that has already proved itself to mass consumption, better for slam. I will never write a poem for slam exclusively, but poetry is like my arm, I use it for everything. Does that answer your question Oscar? I just think that as long as I stay true to myself, nothing else matters. If this is your life, then you wont feel like you are betraying your work, because it is not your work, it is your life. Have fun with it. Live a little.

Oscar: Yeah Okay that makes sense. That was very poetic Grande you should have written it down.

Eliel: I didn't (and tomorrow I will mess it up on my blog.)


I am fully aware that a slam is a game. A gimmick made to advertise. I know that it is a competition. My game face has never been witnessed. Success without failure first, is not real. Chances are taken by those who actually want to do things. If you wait till your ready to do something, you will never be ready. Doubt will shroud your every thoughts until it convinces you that you are not ready yet. I may be the weakest member of the Donor Party, but ya aint eating me up. Ima be the one to get everyone out of the snow just to prove a point.

The one who doubts the most, is me. I remember that about a month ago Oscar told me that I wasn't ready to slam because I would cry with a low score and never write again. It was during movie night, and we were watching "Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN". Later on that night I responded to that comment and convinced him otherwise. If Oscar believes that I can do it, hell then I know I can. He is seldom wrong with these things. Anyway, Ready Or Not here I come.
SO ELIEL STOP DOUBTING YOURSELF. STOP, OKAY JUST STOP.

Oscar thanks for strengthening my belief in myself at the times of my downs, and thanks for leveling me when I try to get too high.