I’ve been actively at odds with Democrats since 2015—despite many seasons since, of bending over and taking exactly what they tell me to, exactly how they tell me to, without lube most days; always chasing after the dangling carrot of human dignity they promise, promise, promise but never actually hand over. My beef today, as … Continue reading The Cross They Built For Booker To Bear
Stigma
What’s Your Real Story?
I've been thinking today about Milton Burke, AP Literature teacher at Fayetteville High School, in Arkansas.I had wanted so much to impress him; to receive his assurance that I was a good student; to earn an A in his class. But 4th hour was when the school resource officer always came to take me out … Continue reading What’s Your Real Story?
Why Codeswitch?
The past few months, I've had a number of folks comment on my vernacular. I've apparently started to forget which words only sound right to folks from 'round here.
5 Growing Seeds
Kelsey Lou and sister Karly Lynn must team up to protect one another against the forces of Patriarchy encroaching on their garden, invading their home, and squashing their hopes for real romance – or their futures – to ever blossom.
4 Class
Kelsey Lou felt the weight of this truth, sittin' beside Mr. Bybee smackin' dip under his lip in American History. Even though he was asking for her homework, not sex, it felt the same. Fact was, she'd said no, and he wouldn't take the answer she gave him.
3 The Walk
The Ozarks produced some of the finest, most inspiring folks theyd've ever met, just as it had also beaten and stripped them of their life's potential in the same swift stroke of God's paintbrush, the very moment God seen fit to place them in the U.S. South on the divine canvas of possibilities.
OP-ED: WHY I IDENTIFY AS A FAGGOT
View original publication on HIV Equal In my younger years, I was called a faggot. I did not consent to this. A kid in gym class swung a three-foot metal pole at my head, and the teacher didn’t care when I reported being bullied. I grew older and connected with mentors who’ve since passed on … Continue reading OP-ED: WHY I IDENTIFY AS A FAGGOT
The Front Porch 