I have decided to become Black again. I've always been Black, but there *was* a first moment when I 'became.'
I was 5. Robbie, my next door neighbor in our little suburb was 4 and we loved to play under the big pine tree on the boundary of our yards. There was a quiet space beneath the bows, like a little room carpeted with pine needles.
"Yesterday was my birthday party." Said Robbie waving the plastic Masters of the Universe sword that was his favorite gift.
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