![]() Big thing, best thing she taught me was to learn to write the words too, taught me I wasn’t just a second-rate man raised on white flour and Christianity. To get water from the stones, you see?Īfter I met my beautiful wife, although beauty was the least of her, strong and fearless was the most of her – well she taught me lots of things. So in a country where we weren’t really allowed to be, I decided to be. It seemed the most sensible thing to do was to learn to read well. The one thing I thought I could control was my own head. I only wanted to decide for myself how I’d live it, but that was a big ask in a country that had a plan for me, already mapped in my veins since before I was born. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before I believed everything they taught me I thought when all were dead that all were gone, and so as a young fella I tried to find my place in this short life. ![]()
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