what_love raze today's guest speaker talks about the importance of carving out the life you want for yourself and fighting against oppression. the microphone in her hand is nowhere near her face. sometimes she taps it with her fingers without seeming to know it's there. the volume of her voice is all over the place. she comes over to the bench i'm sitting on and lays her hands on me. "you're john," she says. "right?" i ask her how she knows my name when we've never met. she doesn't say. "i think you've got some english blood in you," she says. "i guess it's possible," i say, knowing it's not. "maybe if i trace my family tree back far enough." "what is it that's going to make you happy?" she asks me. "i guess i just want to be loved," i say. real quiet. "yeah. i guess i just want to feel loved." "what love?" she says. "love just is." then she walks away. 230630 what's it to you? who go blather from