The Blueprint

by Rae Giana Rashad

You stronger than that, child. You got to get past this. Voice barely there, Charlesetta said she was tired. Why won’t anyone let us break?

She didn’t look up at me as she led the dogs to the door. The dogs did what I couldn’t.

Be loud. If you make yourself too small and soft, you would slip your own chains around your wrists without noticing.