Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

by Crystal Smith Paul

There are two types of people in this world, Mary: people with time to sit under the trees, looking up at the sky and pondering life”—she jostled the gold balls in her hand—“and those who end up hanging from those same trees, looking down on the life they might have had, had they been born different. You were born different, by the grace of God, so you get to choose. Choose the gold-earring life.”

“Take it up with God. You look how you look, and it ain’t ever gon’ change.”

“People can tell you they love you three times a day and still treat you any kind of way when it really comes down to

At thirty-one, people said Elise looked twenty-two and glowed like she was made from fairy dust.

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