Hood Lemonade Jamika's Vendetta
“There weren’t any clouds in the sky and no breeze to penetrate the scorching day. People walked along the streets with bottled water and sports drinks, dressed in summer dresses, shorts, tank tops, t-shirts and sandals. Jamika sat on the wooden porch steps, feeling like she was frying in fish grease.
She started to hum to herself, this beautiful melody that lived in her head, while watching people pass and her cousins play. The one blessing she knew she had was her singing voice. Her singin...g voice is soaked with pain, and digs into the heart and soul. It was her medicine, the thing that kept her sane. She wasn’t sure where she got it from, but saw it as her ticket out of the hood. Today was her birthday, but it felt like any other day. She thought about the happy birthdays she’d had in New Jersey and the parties her mother gave. Grandma Millie never gave any of them parties. She still thought of Little Tray and had managed to keep the flattened quarter that he had given her.MoreLess
She started to hum to herself, this beautiful melody that lived in her head, while watching people pass and her cousins play. The one blessing she knew she had was her singing voice. Her singin...g voice is soaked with pain, and digs into the heart and soul. It was her medicine, the thing that kept her sane. She wasn’t sure where she got it from, but saw it as her ticket out of the hood. Today was her birthday, but it felt like any other day. She thought about the happy birthdays she’d had in New Jersey and the parties her mother gave. Grandma Millie never gave any of them parties. She still thought of Little Tray and had managed to keep the flattened quarter that he had given her.MoreLess
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