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Waiting For Miss Crow

“Did you know when you go it’s the perfect ending to the bad day I was just beginning? When you go, all I know is you’re my favorite mistake.” ~Sheryl Crow There were at least 20 black folks camped outside of the HMV on Walnut Street on that cool September night in 1998. Behind them … Continue reading Waiting For Miss Crow

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Blowing Kisses

“It’s like I’m blowing kisses in the wind, giving you love that you haven’t been given. I cross my heart and hope to die. I’m only wishing you’d love me like I… Blowing kisses in the wind. Waiting, waiting, waiting for you is like blowing, blowing kisses.” ~Paula Abdul Paula Abdul was my adolescence. “Rush, … Continue reading Blowing Kisses

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Walk On

“And I know it aches, and your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.” ~U2 I went for a walk this morning for the first time in it seems like forever. It used to be a regular occurrence a few years ago when I started in the early summer and stopped … Continue reading Walk On

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All These Voices

I hear voices, all these voices, in my head, that tell me conflicting things all day, every day. I hear my mother telling me to look both ways before I cross the street. Her voice is stern without being harsh, full of concern as always. I hear my sister calling to me from her table … Continue reading All These Voices

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The Underground

The subway is its own universe. It’s loud and brash, simultaneously flashy and dirty, with a clattering gait and a smell like yesterday’s garbage. But it’s cheaper than driving, and it gets you from Point A to Point B in a set period of time, if you catch it at the perfect interval. Not many … Continue reading The Underground