Born at 2:01 a.m. on a rainy Saturday: gray.
Due to a depressed mother, she didn’t cry at birth: blue.
Her grandfather didn’t want to be in the same room as her father: white, black.
Rude stares in the grocery store of my hometown: white.
Rude stares as I sit down to dinner with my mother and grandmother: white.
“If you are white and black, what does that make you?”: gray?
My white boyfriend being heckled by a group of guys, “she’s too much for you man!”: black.
“You really don’t seem black…”: white.
Everyday cycling, seeming: white, black, white, black, white, black?
My grandfather reconciles with my father: love.
About the Creator
Jenna Leann Kyle
I am a mixed race young woman who focuses on issues of race, feminism and nature. I love to write poetry and fiction and am working on a historical fiction novel now. I welcome your feedback and look forward to this experience!
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Rachel Reviews: The Spiral Archive by Pieter Hendrik
It's difficult for me to know where to start with a review of this book as it was, for me, an entirely unique experience and one that I'll probably never have again. I don't want that to be interpreted as unenjoyable but it has left me scratching my head a little and ruminating on its content, its themes and its characters.
By Rachel Deeming4 days ago in BookClub
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