In the room with an activist
When Troy Davis was executed Tuesday night, I went to bed with a heavy heart and an equally burdened mind. I said what I could process that night via social media and awoke with the same feelings, but with the additional baggage of feeling bad for knowing I would go on about my day, as I [...]
At school with the boss’s kids
One day at the grade school That had been ordered To desegregate only, Virginia saw the red clutch bag On my desk next to hers. She did not comment; she only Stared at the purse long enough To indicate she remembered That her mother had cheerfully put The purse in a shopping bag, piled some [...]
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