#123 Zombies- Jabari Asim
It’s summer in the neighborhood. We see little Crispus take
a beating for leaving the safety of his stoop. We see the neighborhood kids
play around and give each other crazy nicknames. They call Crispus 'Flip-Flop' because that’s what he got beat with this last time.
He and his brother walk together. His brother like to take
him past the funeral home run by Mr. Burk, because he knows how much it freaks
Crispus out. They talk to Mr. Burk about the dead bodies and then talk to each
other about his grey, plastic, zombie eyes. They’re kids so the myths they tell
are pretty fantastic:
“They like to buy black folks’ eyes because ours are so much
bigger and better looking. You know how rich white folks are. When black folks
die they pay for their eyes.”
Life is rough sometimes, but its also touching, especially
through the eyes of children:
“I was always in a hurry to get to sleep because I got
revenge in my dreams. I undid the day’s disasters and rewrote them to suit my
most fervent desires. I had control. Everyone listened to me and there was no
end to my handsomeness.”
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