Chicago Writers Collective

Nichole L. Shields

Momma in Red

They said
that the only reason
my momma wore a red
dress to her daddy’s funeral
was because she hated him
and was just being sassy

I know she wore it
because it was
the only one she had!

Nichole L. Shields
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