The Black Flamingo

by Dean Atta

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you are half anything. You and Anna are simply brother and sister.

Don’t let anyone tell you that she’s your half sister. Don’t let anyone tell you that you are half black and half white. Half Cypriot and half Jamaican. You are a full human being. It’s never as simple as being half and half.

a smile that says, “We don’t have to know each other to show each other love.”