oreo – Garlia Cornelia

A Shout-Out to all my OREOS!

February 1, 2013 garliacornelia

Happy Friday! In honor of the end of the work week, let’s keep it light… with a poem…. This poem is from “The Day I Found Out I was Black” – which was performed in 2004 at Indiana University. I haven’t read it in quite some time, so looking at it now made me chuckle...

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January 31, 2013 garliacornelia

Gabby Douglas made me think a lot this summer… I wrote this right before the Olympics wrapped… I suppose I finally have the guts to post it …5 months later… remember my procrastination problem… ______________ Before my 1st communion in 2nd grade, I begged my mom for a perm. The other black girls in my...