Upside-Down Beauty
When she punched me in the face, I felt as if all of the assumptions I made about the goodness in the world came crashing down. I’d...
Ode to Chicago
Even as I remember the first day I came to this city. I will always remember my last. The way the sun rises and falls cloaked by giants of...
Token
There is this succinct moment when you realize no one else is coming to help you or join you. To make me at ease would be too much to ask...
An American Parable
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages...