Be cool. Be cool. Don’t lose it! I turned around slowly and…no Stephanie. I only half-expected to see her anyway. My next door neighbor was standing in front of her house calling to her son. He was at the top of the stairs tying his shoes in his Sunday best. I waved hello. She waved [...]
Her name was Tameeka Howard. She wore her dreadlocks outside of her Fox jacket underneath a blue wool skullcap. The dreads had blond streaks bleached or woven into them. Threadlocks? Weavelocks? I hoped not. I sunk into the butter-soft leather seat of her Acura Integra and she took off like a criminal leaving the scene [...]
Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones of altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half Gods are worshiped with wine and flowers. Real Gods require blood. Zora Neale Hurston, Their eyes were watching God My mother is holding a baby wrapped in a blue blanket. [...]
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