My African Roots Made Me What I

My Father Was A Little League Dictator. That Really Affected Me, His Control-freakery, His Impunity, His Arbitrary Unreasonable Power.

What A Surprise (we All Know How Tolerant The Tolerant Are).

You Really Want To Know What Being An X-man Feels Like? Just Be A Smart Bookish Boy Of Color In A Contemporary U.s. Ghetto. Mamma Mia! Like Having Bat Wings Or A Pair Of Tentacles Growing Out Of Your Chest.

The Thoughts He Put In Her Head. Someone Should’ve Arrested Him For It.

It's Exactly At These Moments, When All Hope Has Vanished, That Prayer Has Dominion.