Ace of Spades

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The difference between him and me, however, is that I would never use his words to hurt him.

I’m always going to be other to them. Not good enough for this place I’ve tried to call home all my life. I can “fix” the kinks in my hair, but not the kinks in this whole system that hates me and Devon and everyone who looks like us.