Author: Glo Jones
Glo Jones is a storyteller, photographer, and gardener. Her work appears in The Colors of Life: The International Library of Poetry, Obsidian III Literature in the African Diaspora, and The Storyteller Magazine. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband.
The Gathering
Big Mama says when she brings out the food, everybody’s gonna run to the table and grab a plate. And those heavy-handed ones will be first in line. They’ll get so much food till their plates run over and then they’ll come back for a take home plate. And they are always the ones who …
THE FIRST LETTER
Two letters came the other day. Mama opened and read the first one with a smile and slipped it back into the envelope. She read the second one out loud: Your rent is long overdue. Either you pay within five business days or vacate the premises, the rent lady wrote. One week later we were …