She don’t know I’m alive, but she gone—she gone know.

Can’t win them all, Ephraim. That what life gone teach you. You win some, you lose some.

SOME THINGS I KNOW BY MICHAEL COPPERMAN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 06

Shandreeka Jackson the most beautiful girl in the world. I know it true. She got skinny leg and arm but something bout her brown eyes special. Her hair shine in the sun like Uncle Donald fresh-waxe…