I sat on the curb waiting for the mailman and the welfare check that he delivered to my mother every two weeks. I had to go with my mother to cash the checks.…
An old white man with faded tattoos of naked women and a marijuana plant on his forearm sat on the bench beside me. "I grew up in Roxbury," he said. "I robbed…
It was a bald patch the size of a child's hand. On the top of my head.
Suddenly, three years ago, I had hair loss. One day hair was there, the next day it…
Lukewarm air blew through a half-opened window.
I lay on the couch covered by a blanket.
The air smelled like spring, although leftover snow lingered on the…
My mother packed our clothes into two army duffle bags.
We walked to the street corner and waited for the bus.
I shoved my sister, "I don’t want you…