“I hear my name and “possible gang member.””

“Work that speaks softly of the human condition.”

“It was very strange to find only the claws.”

“…deteriorated respect of human rights and freedom of press…”

“he put a noose around his neck and used the limb as a platform to exit his life”

“He yelled after me, HEY, N****R!”

“I do not know why you shudder when two men kiss”

“she would be sentencing herself or him to death”

“Transcending their histories of artistic and political censorship…”

“I open the gown reluctantly and brace for the ungentle probing I’ve come to expect”

Drag the night.

““they all feel it   gather  and chant
not for the taming of their sister””

“A hardening from head to toe, as if I’d armored myself”

“…position young black men within the field of power.”

“Their wrists are gnarled tree branches”

“At couples counseling, the Kleenex box is on the side, half-empty.”

“I was the first woman you’d eaten and you were the second woman I’d eaten “

“…navigating the world as a black queer man.”

“Don’t wake me, I plan on sleeping in”