Thursday , January 23 2025

Kareem Matthews: Fake Christmas Tree

My mom would never get us exactly what we wanted. She would always get us something like it. Like at Christmas, we never had a real Christmas tree. We always had one of the ones you put together yourself. Every year, we lose a couple branches. By the time I …

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Tom Simmons: Why Would You Go to Iraq?

I went to Iraq, and the ironic thing is, everybody in my family that’s pro-war was against me going. ‘Tom, you have a nine-month-old son — why the hell would you go to Iraq?’ Like, I’m just looking for one good night’s sleep this year.

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Tom Sharpe: Dream Come True Scratch-Off

Whenever I get down to my last $3, I’d always head to the nearest 7-11 — the white trash casino — and I’d buy a 40-ounce of beer and a lottery scratch ticket. I would drink the beer, and I’d scratch the ticket And it’d always be some game with …

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K.P. Anderson: Antidepressants for Kids

Any kid that has any problem now, they just shove pills down their mouth. Like, every kid 17 years old, ‘Oh, we got him on Prozac.’ What does a 17-year-old need Prozac for to get through life? When I was 17, my dad’s version of anti-depressants would be to, like, …

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Todd Lynn: Ain’t a Brother

I ain’t a black dude. I ain’t a brotha — not the ones that y’all is used to. I grew up rich. Both of my parents were doctors; we were loaded. I don’t know nothin’ about the struggle. I ain’t never had to keep it real. I ain’t never had …

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