Facts can obscure the truth.
I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.
I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all.
Shakespeare must be a black girl.
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
I also wear a hat or a very tightly pulled head tie when I write. I suppose I hope by doing that I will keep my brains from seeping out of my scalp and running in great gray blobs down my neck, into my ears, and over my face.