Lessons From A Hidden Treasure: An Interlude

by Antoinette Sherell

a man’s actions revealed their true intentions, while words only revealed a man’s cunningness.

“The first thing you gon’ learn about this muthafucka is to not pay him any mind. His mouth moves faster than he thinks.”

“Well, maybe he should think more and talk less to give his slow brain more time to catch up.”

Lol

“How you go from having my back against the pigs like my Bonnie to giving a nigga the cold shoulder?

You gon’ share it with yo Clyde or nah?”

Cute

“Nah, I didn’t, but we’ll just say I saved and fed you in the twenty-third hour. I got to you just when you thought that life was over.”

“Two fingers. We tap ‘em twice to the front, once on the back, and then we lock it in.” He linked their pointer fingers together as she beamed. “Two fingers and three taps ‘cause we met in the twenty-third hour. That’s ours, so don’t go sharing it with nobody else.”

“We gon’ feed each other. Our shit has to go both ways or you gon’ end up looking for food off an empty plate. I feed so many mouths, you gotta check in and make sure I ain’t starving, aight?”

“Just trying to figure out if you’re everything my dad told me I should look for or to stay away from.” “I’m the type he never told you about. The one that comes in and fucks up your life in the best way possible. The one that’s probably not good for yo ass, yet nothing but good shit comes out of fucking with him.”

“What’s there to get? You’re my pretty bird, and I’m helping you strengthen those wings.”

“I can’t find a time machine, and no one else will for you either. Life happens, and this shit changes so fast sometimes that it’s hard to keep up. You gotta keep moving forward.

Since I can’t give you back your old life, I gotta make you wanna be here with us. I gotta make you want to live in the moment, Bird. You promised to let me try, right?”

she learned not to wait on or for a man. It was equivalent to begging for sheer disappointment.

You see potential in me that I don’t see, but then make it sound so fucking good that I want to see it, too.”