The Unconsciousness of an Ethiopian Princess College Days Of

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The Unconsciousness of anEthiopian Princess

College Days of Future Past

By: T.C. Harrison



The Unconsciousness of an

Ethiopian PrincessCollege Days of Future Past

Volume One r! E!ition

By: T.C. Harrison



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$e%le&tion ' (ratitude

0hen - first pu(lishe! this (oo) at my schools print shop in "##$% - ha! *ust gra!uate! fromcollege an! ,as loo)ing for,ar! to ,hat the future ,oul! (ring. Ten years later% many things

ha+e change! in my life1some goo! an! some (a!1(ut my lo+e of ,riting has not. -2m grateful to

reintro!uce these poems to you an! - hope that you en*oy them an! share them ,ith your frien!s.

- ,oul! li)e to than) 3o! ,ho has (lesse! me throughout my life an!

,ho has gi+en me the a(ility to ,rite.

- !e!icate this (oo) to the four special ,omen in my family ,ho ha+e inspire! me: 4y great1

gran!mother 4ary Eli5a(eth Foy% my gran!mother 6une -anthe Harrison1Cline17o(erts% mymom 8licia Cline% an! my sister Dorothy Harrison. - lo+e an! appreciate all of you +ery much.

- ,oul! li)e to than) Dr. /tephen Cal!,ell 0right my former professor

of English -- an! Creati+e 0riting at /eminole Community College as ,ell

as his assistant 9eo) Eng 0en!t. Than) you for ,riting such a,on!erful intro!uction an! helping me in this ,on!erful process of

creating my first (oo).

To e+eryone ,ho purchase! copies of the original +ersion an! the "#& +ersion% than) you for

your support 8n! to those of you ,ho ha+e purchase! this e!itionof my (oo) than) you. - hope that you (ecome inspire! to ,rite your

o,n. ;oo) for more poetry an! stories to (e pu(lishe! in the future<

T.C. Harrison

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Introdu&tion

-n spea)ing through the persona of an =Ethiopian Princess%> T.C. Harrison gi+es a!!e! meaningto the concept of =reflecting> as a process of maturation.

-n ,hat appears to (e merely simple o(ser+ations% her ,or!s (ecome su(tle statements on humannature.

-n concert% the poems in The Unconsciousness of an Ethiopian Princess: College days of Future Past create a literary (oule+ar! of i!eas an! recollections1past an! present.

-n a mi? of the humorous an! the almost hea+y% the poems mo+e the rea!er from a!olescentthemes of the =little% e?tremely sensiti+e girl> in =7eflections> to ,hat is =learne!> in High

/chool an! in the larger area of life in general.

0ith a goo! sampling of !etails% the offerings in this first collection (ring smiles% some chuc)les%

timely raising of eye(ro,s% an! the e?pectation thatthis poet ,ill )eep ,riting an! continue to,ar! her !estination% as state! in the closing poem%

=On Course.>

/tephen Cal!,ell 0right% Ph.D."##$



Table o% Contents

7eflecting

-n high school - learne!

The Campus

Chemistry

/trange% -snt -t@

Ao!!ing Off

/tu!y /ession

British ;it.

0hen - nee!

Depen!ing on your point of +ie,

Fare,ell

Ae+er 4in!

8l,ays trying to mac) 4r. Poe:

6ust sitting

Psychology Class

/mo)er

# 4inutes

/teps "&

/chool Fatigue

/pring (rea)

8hhh% feel the (ree5e

/uirrel

8nime

-ts raining.

On Course

On Course Part --

8(out the 8uthor



$e%le&tin)

On my life so far -+e gro,n so much.

From the little e?tremely/ensiti+e girl to an attention

/ee)ing teenager% to finally

The person you no, see (efore9ou<<<<

8 ,oman.

/till a )i! at heart

/till curious

But ,anting so much more

Out of life

In hi)h s&hool I learned:

Ho, mean )i!s can (e 0ho my goo! frien!s are

E+eryone ,ears a mas)

The popular )i!s li+es are li)e soap operas

The gifte! stu!ents are really the stupi! ones

The ,ell1)no,n )i!s arent important

Prom is a ,aste of money an! a ,aste of memory

Being ma!e fun of ma)es you stronger

Fitting in ma)es the ,orse si!e of you come out

3ra!uation is the best *art of the four years.



The Cam*us

Bir!s chirp as they fly through the humi! air%Their +oices fille! ,ith *oyous song.

3ray moss hangs from the (ranches of tall%

0i!e% green trees surroun! the groun!s.8 mi?ture of light an! !ar) (lue fills the s)y.

Thic) aroma of a cinnamon1raisin (agel fills the air.

8 group of ,et girls ,al) (ac)

To their !orm from the pool.

On the green tennis court% a man ,earsBlac) shorts an! a ,hite T1shirt as he

Practices his (ac)han! s,ing.

8 slight (ree5e (lo,s on an! off again%

8s the fragrance of grape (u((licious gum

Flutters in the air.

Buil!ings li)e monuments stan! in the (ree5e.Peaceful silence is interrupte! (y the heater

3enerator (esi!e the English (uil!ing.

Aot far from the (uil!ing% a fe, stu!ents gossip%

Their +oices lou! as a megaphone.

8nother (ree5e s,ays the +er!ant (rushes to an! fro%

0ith the scent of tuna surfing on the ,in!.The stu!ents rela? on a ,oo!en (ench.

Bir!s still fly through the air li)e little chil!ren playing tag.



Chemistry:

-ts ,hat t,o people ha+e in common-ts the ma)eup of an o(*ect

-ts a class

History:

-ts the (eginning of ci+ili5ation-ts ,hat happene! yester!ay

-ts your e?

4ath:

-ts a har! su(*ect

-ts calculating the (ills

-ts the num(er of times you+e (een hurt

Stran)e+ Isn,t It-

Ho, people meet

Ho, they (ump into each other.

-s it fate or is it *ust coinci!ence@8ll - )no, is

0e connect on some le+el ,ith each other.

Theres al,ays a purpose Ao matter ho, (ig or small

Noddin) %%

To sleep is the (est thingTo !o ,hen (ore! an!

0an!ering off to la1la% lan!.



Study Session

Venting% /creaming%Thro,ing (oo)s across the room.

Then silence<.

/nores are hear!<

Ae?t the alarm cloc) goes off.-ts 84% time for school.

British /it.

uic) Call a !octor11!ont hesitate.

4y teacher11shes on something;aughing at almost e+erything.

-t ma)es one ,on!er -f shes insane or *ust cra5y.

0hen I need

To catch a (us% it ta)es fore+er

But ,hen - !ont nee! to% it comes uic)er.

0hen - lea+e my um(rella at home% it pours

0hen - (ring it% its sunny.

0hen - ,ant to chec) out a (oo)% its ne+er there0hen - !ont nee! it% its al,ays on the shelf.

Ho, ironic is that@

e*endin) on your *oint o% 2iew

- might (e a ,eir! )i! or a geniusBut either one is a compliment.

3arewell

0ell ,ere finally !one.



0ritten ,ere t,el+e poems

8n! then some.

Ao, resi!e ,e to our homes.

This semester ,as great%

-+e listene! an! learne!.8ll your comments - appreciate.

Hope goo! gra!es ,ere earne!.

En*oying creati+e ,or)s full of po,er%

0as +ery e?citing

-t ,as an a,esome hour.

Those poems are enlightening.

/o Happy Holi!ays% may your !reams come true.

Congratulations% ,e+e ma!e it through

Ne2er 4ind55..

The teachers ,ho say youre !um(

The )i!s ,ho thin) youre ,eir!The police ,ho thin) youre nothing (ut trou(le

The rich ,ho thin) youre a ta? ,rite1off

The lo+e ,ho !umpe! you for another

The go+ernment ,ho lies to you

9oull than) your heart an! (rain later.



6lways tryin) to ma&

To e+ery pretty girl that passes (y you.9ou an! your (oys chill on the corner%

0aiting to present yoursel+es to a chic).

8s one comes (y% you !o your routine:=Hey ma% ,hats your name@>

/he loo)s at you<<<<..

-f shes intereste!% she ans,ers.-f not% ,ell<theres al,ays the ne?t

One.

4r. Poe:

- !i! not )no,

9ou hate! myPeople so.

9ou ,ere one of

4y fa+orite

Poets.

But you ,ere

Pre*u!ice!% yet- !i! not )no, it.

/o no, - am confuse!

- !ont )no, ,hatTo !o.

/houl! - lea+e you

-n your gra+e an! !iscar!The memories - sa+e!@

Or shoul! - forgi+e an! in4y min! let the memories

Of your ,or)s li+e@



ust sittin)

There% !ay!reaming ,aiting for The class to en!.

/tomach gro,ling% (egging

For foo! all you ha! ,as a Musketeer .

0aiting patiently an! the i!eaBegins to come ali+e.

/oon it flo,s from your (rain%

Do,n to your han!%8n! you (egin to ,rite

8s the poem comes to life.



Psy&holo)y Class

8sleep.Thats ,here they ,ant to (e.

Bore! out of their min!s

;onging to lea+e the confines of The lecture hall.

/tomachs gro,l% as though the

/tu!ents (rains are puttingOut an /O/ for foo!.

4in!s ,an!er from things

They ha+e to !o later to placesThey rather (e.

Eyes fi?e! on the cloc)

Counting the minutes an! secon!s

To free!om.Voices are hear! as the pupils engage in

con+ersations +aryingto !iscussing (oo)s%

stores ,here they ,ant to shop%

or e+en people ,hothey li)e.

/ome e+en tal)

Or play gamesOn their mo(ile phones.

Others (ecome inspire!8n! come up ,ith i!eas% storiesOr other things li)e

Poems that they ,rite !o,nGli)e

This one. TheyContinue until finally

-ts time to lea+e

until the ne?t time8n! then the cycle

/tarts all o+er again.



Smoer

0hy !o you continue to torment me0ith your pollution an! nauseating smells@

9our intent is to calm yourself% relax from the stress0hile in reality youre ,asting a,ay from the insi!e%

Ta)ing fi+e minutes off your life each time you light up%

0hile at the same time - suffer from suffocation.

- al,ays )no, ,here you ha+e (een or are.

The o+er(earing stench is ,hat -+e trac)e! !o,n un,illingly.

/o go ahea! )ill yourself *ust for a perio! of =rela?ation>.

6ust !ont ta)e me ,ith you.

! 4inutes

To go

8n! he ,on!ers

0hy !i! - come here8ny,ay@



Ste*s

=Bye mom% see you later>

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To 7utI$&Jyahoo.com from suea)erJhotmail.com:=Di! you get my picture@>

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=8re all Aissan Lteras yello,@>&#KK

=Aot lecture in la( This is suppose! to (e the fun class>

"$=-s it me% or !oes e+eryone on this campus ha+e an -1po!@>

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=7ing> =Hello@ Hey ,hats up@>

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=Monnichi,a>=/ayonara>

N#N=Hi mom% my !ay ,as fun>



S&hool 3ati)ue5

-s ,hen you ha+e ta)en so many classes that you cant7emem(er ,hat year you starte!<

-s ,hen you ha+e sol+e! so many pro(lems that your hea! is actually (igger than it ,as fouryears ago (ecause your (rain e?pan!e!GorGthat your hea! is actually smaller than it ,as four

years ago (ecause your (rain e?plo!e!<

-s ,hen you pray for a tropical storm that ,ont cause too much !amage an! create a scare so

that the school closes for a !ay or t,o<

-s ,hen once that class is o+er% you run o+er e+eryone to get out of the !oor an! straight to the

car<

-s ,hen you count e+ery millisecon!% e+ery secon!% e+ery minute% hour !ay% ,ee)% an! month

until its time to gra!uate<

/chool fatigue<9eah% its the timeless con!ition hitting college stu!ents e+ery,here

S*rin) brea

-s a time to ta)e a +acation from fun an! things

8n! get focuse! an! catch up on ,or) thats important.

6hhh+ %eel the breee

7ela? in the sunshine on the grass.

This is ,here the (est i!eas are soa)e! up.



Suirrel

9oure a spun)y little fello,Darting across the grass%

8lmost causing acci!ents%

Eyes on the creatures0ho in+a!e! your property

8l,ays alert an! al,ays agile. Ao fear lies ,ithin you ,hile

Creeping up to the giants li)e

9oure ## or something.

They loo) !o,n at you ,ith

8 uestioning ga5e as you

/tan! up an! loo) (ac) ,ith

8n e?pression on your faceThat says =0ho the hell

Do you thin) you are@>

6nime

Cool fight scenes

0ell1!e+elope! plots

7ealistic characters3reat ,or)s of art8,esome comic relief



It,s rainin).

- stan! outsi!e% - !ont see it.- loo) at my ,atch its late.

Un(elie+a(le.To!ay is the last time this year.

-ts raining.

- sit insi!e% ,atching through the glass.

Figures an! o(*ects go (y.

Than) 3o!% it finally came

To!ay is the last time this year.

-ts raining.

- arri+e at my stop the !oors open an! - get off an!0ait un!er the shelter for my mom to pic) me up.

-m tire!.To!ay is the last time this year.

-ts raining.



n Course

0ith nothing (ut the clothes on my (ac)%- *ourney to the promise lan!%

Meeping my +ision clear in or!er

To see the future.

The soles of my shoes (ecome ,orn an! (rea).

Barefoote!% - )eep on ,al)ing%3oing ,here+er the ,in! ta)es me.

- ta)e the roa!s less tra+ele!% ,ith no map or compass%Encountering strangers an! ma)ing ne,

Frien!s along the ,ay.

The roa! is long an! narro, ,ith no promise! lan! in sight.

4y hope !,in!les11only for a moment11as encouragement comes fromUne?pecte! sources.

- )eep on% occurring o(stacles that test me

4y instincts are constantly sharpene!.

8lone% - continue to,ar!s my !estination% ,ith 7oc)% 6a55% 7hythm an! Blues as my only

companions.



n &ourse Part II

8s my *ourney to the promise lan! continues%

- gain ne, purpose.

The na)e! soles of my feet ha+e har!ene!%

no, accustome! to the unruly groun! on ,hich they trea!.

The roa!s less tra+ele! (ecome e+en more !angerous

8s - face ne, o(stacles an! challenges.

4y +ision (ecomes clou!y% the future uestiona(le an! mur)y%

- lose trust in my instincts an! (loc) out the music

,hich accompanies me on my *ourney.

- meet (a! strangers an! lose the ne, frien!s that -+e ma!e.

- curse the ,in! for not sen!ing a map an! compass to gui!e me to my !estination.

But ,hen my hope !,in!les to the last !rop%

Une?pecte! sources appear li)e angels an! encourage me to )eep going<

Until - ha+e reache! the mountaintop<



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T.C. Harrison is a ,riter originally from Eure)a% California presently resi!ing in Central Flori!a

,ho ,rites a(out music% poetry% comics% anime% TV% mo+ies% ,riting% fashion% foo!% lo+e% life% '

,here+er their imagination ta)es them.

They continue to ,or) on poems an! stories that they hope to pu(lish. 9ou can fin! T.C.s

,ritings at 3onna3ee).com ,here they ,rite ne,s stories an! a column title! =4usings of a

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