“What if we were to admit those self-ending moments — those little deaths — happen every day? Moment to moment? What then?”
“Let me tell you a ghost story: After my father’s funeral I left my brother at the Spirit Room in Rochester to get cigarettes — It was a part of the city I hadn’t been in for at least 40 years”
“The very Christianized memorial service had set the tone — and his eyes had settled below my forehead at some point during our eulogy”
“Although the mural hadn’t been there when I was 12 and I was only following the bartender’s vague instructions -- I knew what I would find at Ochossi’s feet”
“A green painted ‘bookstore’ — where when I was 12 my father had brought me while he went shopping for pornographic books”
“Looking back on it — although it was only a few years ago — It seems to be a moment of apology — Dad saying ‘This is how innocence was addressed back then’ “
“Rebellion is a predictable developmental stage — allowing new generations to emerge”
“Recognizing the Spirit of the past should not be confused with capitulation — Love the Spirit — Never stop rebelling!”
Well, y’all, if there is a message, please let it be ‘Never Stop Rebelling,’ or as my Teacher says ‘Never be satisfied.’
