Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Alone among the mob

"She says to me the same things that others have said to me—you don't belong here. No matter how much you love it. And you feel like you need to be here to make a difference, for your own sanity. This place is not for us, even though it conceived us and birthed us and raised us to be the independent-thinking, life-loving, deeply complex but still could laugh at the obscene kicksiness of the situation...

What to do when you come to the temple of your familiar and discover the doors locked tight to keep out the bandits and you too?"

For the full Sept. 16 article (and an echo of my own sentiments over the past few months) by Trinidad Guardian columnist Attillah Springer, click HERE.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kicksiness.
Obscene kicksiness.
Ahn laughin' at 'im, too.
Mus be a Trini thang.

--Rena