My mom's job was Diversity Coordinator, which means the only brown woman who's stuck around long enough to climb the ladder. I remember finding out how the language of multicultural movements changed by looking at old T-shirts of hers. One old one was about color blindness, which was probably referring to judging people on sound, taste, merit, or ( Read more... )

“I'm Amado.” In beginning Spanish, the only one I have had the privilege of taking, one learns that asking someone's name is really asking what people call themselves. If only the answer ever lined up with what everyone else calls me. Ask me about that, and I channel the seven named Spaniard. Only instead of unfurling like a set of family photos ( Read more... )

Chapter 1: beginning ( Read more... )

People have heads so fertile ( Read more... )

I doubt there is anything one can lift
for which the difficulty of two carrying
two exceeds that of one carrying one.

But I find myself unable to arrange it
Instead I turn around to
hurl mine into the air long enough to

drag them and theirs to safety,
to return, and to
brace myself.

If we flew by confusing the air ( Read more... )

to build up time to spend as I please.

Tired of telling everyone to get lifted, motivating others has become my iron lung. I'm lipreading people playing me off with exit music (for a film ( Read more... )

sneaked out of danielle's bed, rapidly thinking up escape plans from every hooked weight. won't let myself sleep, so distract. as long as i know i have love i can make it.

Been in a lotta bad moods lately, don't yet know why.

I think I used to be a better person.