And lovely to have such a grandson...
A tale worthy of being told, Stephen...
Doug
On 2011-09-28, at 3:13 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I take my grandson, Little Luke, 3.5 years old, on a walk.
> Better yet, he takes me on the walk. Not exactly true.
> I guide him into the local gallery, Steven Wolf Fine Arts.
> We go behind the black curtain into the 'media' room.
> Oh, for this story I should mention he is half African-American.
> On the wall a terrible fight is going on. A young black man
> and a young white man are mixing up their fists inside some store.
> It's not immediately clear why they are fighting. A dope deal gone bad?
> A robbery? A racist inspired altercation. Not an immediate clue.
> Little Luke looks up. "Is this for adults?" Without waiting for an answer
> he pushes his way back through the curtain. I follow him on to the street.
> It's so lovely, I think, to have innocence be such a force.
>
> Stephen Vincent
>
>
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