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I was Once a Drug Lord
Read Time: 6 mins | Live on MasticadoresIndia “Hi Jimmy.” Her voice rang in my one good ear. Sweet Jesus, she had seen me, and there was no avoiding her now. I waved and walked to her counter. “I came to renew my license.” “You could have done it online, Jimmy.” Charmaine peered at me… Continue reading
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Black Sheep
Your trajectory is abject failure I see your looming demise Famous last words the old man had prophesied He had mocked me with his swan song I was forever determined to prove him wrong Called his teenage son a disappointment Cut me out of his last will and testament When he died I didn’t weep… Continue reading
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The Singularity
Art © Johnathan Mc Daniels, used with permission. When the world goes crazy, and attacks everything that is sacred to me Like cracks on the wall that threaten our structural integrity Here, no matter the where or the when, we can suspend and defy, for this is our singularity For my family, and all that… Continue reading
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Chats with my mom #2
“He made these dangerous voyages during the war.” “Which war?… Vietnam?” “The war to end all wars.” She laughs. To hear her talk of WW2 was strange. I had asked her to tell me about my grandfather, a man I only ever met once during a brief visit to Trinidad in his old age, from… Continue reading
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Chats with my Mom #1
UNDECIDED This has been something I’ve been meaning to do for some time. At 86 years old, and still full of vitality and quick wit, my mom doesn’t miss a beat. She was the original storyteller, and whatever mediocrity I offer up as storytelling, is my pathetic attempt to mimic her. There is a candidness… Continue reading
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Invidious Part 5
The return to Yonkers, sees the big sister of the family return to the story. Maureen Pemberton has grown up to be the strong, successful woman that her mother had hoped she would become. The past always has a way of rearing its ugly head at the worst possible moments though. There are things she… Continue reading
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