“Rainbow Roots in the Black Night”

“The city of Savannah’s smile is sugary as Southern sweet tea. She laughs, mimosa bubbly, to include everyone in the joke. She is cigarettes in cold coffee, shattered wine glasses on cobblestones, river water in fine china. She is hot pink protesting, rainbow flag wielding, civil rights marching for civility’s sake. She is a child of tradition, running around barefoot and skipping over abandoned tree roots in her Sunday best. She is drunk on ideas of progress and liberalism and open-mindedness. And you are her gay, Black best friend. You are looking for home in her fickle arms.”

Profile for Square 95 Magazine

October 2021