One Crazy Summer

I wasn’t known for joking

Fern didn’t seem to notice, but I did

Bringing people to this rally was magic that had you soaring above trees.

I buy dinner groceries at this store.

There were others who, in the middle of our presentations, simply pointed us to the door.

If they said no, we were to leave just as respectfully as we came.

Although Vonetta promised to keep her mouth shut, I didn’t think she could hold it in.

If Cecile had been arrested when we first arrived in Oakland, I would have called Pa, and Pa would have made sure my sisters and I were on a plane back to New York

She and the Black Panthers might have demanded to see the policemen’s search warrant

It wasn’t right to stare at them like they were in an exhibit, but we couldn’t help it