I am from the bay where the clouds live…
alone at home, I feel relaxed when it’s just me, the T.V., my sketch book, and my thoughts, blasting my music in my air pods Singing along with my songs happily, and voice cracking
During the day, you hear the OGs blasting their music on the corner sooo loud and randomly popping fireworks day and night(if not from there you might mistake them for gunshots).
I am from a place where I cannot eat much but I still enjoy food like…
Artichokes, the meatiness of the leaves and the flavor full taste of the homemade garlic sauce,
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Gumbo, I love the culture and history behind it, stirring the thick roux with exhausted arms, shrimp and chicken adding a burst of flavor with the complementary soupy sediment of the roux that speckles my tongue.
Skittles, A quick burst of
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addiction, sticky rainbow hands if held too long, and the long lasting sugary smell like sprinkles.
I am from a place where all dreams come true…
Art, by the time I’m a sophomore in high school I would like to have my own art studio and business, I would like to be rich in life and money, be popular but not famous.
Cars, I want 3 garages filled with all of my favorite cars like: 5.0 mustang, dodge challenger demon(777HP), 1965 Lincoln futura, 1964 El camino, etc.
I am from a place where we have a couple traditions…
Windsor, the long 1one hour and 30 min drive, sleeping on the pullout bed or mattress, waking up my cousins in the most annoying ways.
Birthdays, whoever’s birthday it is always gets frosting on their face and it’s unavoidable (with the exception of grandpa).
I am from a place where not a lot of things are said about me… that I remember…
What is said, to stop burping, that I Am talented, good at drawing, short, forgiving, thoughtful, smart, and to hurry up on my home work.
I am from a place where death & unfairness lives…
Deaths, Chadwick Boseman(actor)died of cancer, Kobe Bryant(basketball player) died in a helicopter crash, Ruth Bader Ginsburg(Supreme Court Justice) died of cancer, John Lewis(civil rights activist and politician) died of cancer, this news makes me feel sorrowful
BLM, Jacob Blake was a black man who got shot 7 times in the back by the police, Breonna Taylor a black woman who got shot in her own house playing video games with her nephew, George Floyd died of a cop kneeling on his neck choking him to death. May their souls
Rest
In
Peace.
This is where I am from