Allegedly

by Tiffany D. Jackson

“What does it mean when you love and hate someone at the same time?” I ask. He laughs. “It means they family.” From the Deposition of Ms. Rachel

But I’m only the weakest part of angry; I’m hurt. Hurt makes you want to lay in the middle of the street, dead on the ground, muscles gone limp.

“What yuh may or may not’ve done is not di definition of who yuh really are.”