By Joy Lynn Clark 8/17/2020 I have been working on my latest song. Just for fun. Since I decided to speak about the things that I like to do religiously I wonder, is it appropriate to declare that I am non-religious? Also, should the new byline be titled: God et al never u ever? I just don’t have any faith in god anymore. The closest I get to Jesus and Mary is a Prostitute. As an Indigenous Person I have looked at our history: displacement and colonization. I get into the moral norms that many religions seem to offer. They do sound appealing. Do not steal, but you stole our…

6/30/2020 Joy Lynn Clark I have always been self-conscious about my look. Most of the time I just cover my hair. With hats at first then head wraps. Growing up I never really knew how to care for it. My hair is thick and gold. From time to time my mom or my step mom will take me to the salon where they would take hours to process my hair and then they would swear I have color and have to chop it off. Everybody loves the color of my hair and everybody hates the texture. Overprocessed is a word that I dread. I have heard this word my entire…

By Joy Lynn Clark 6/17/2020 Last time I went to see my family on Chicago’s northside I raised my voice at my grandmother for the first time. There we were sitting in my Aunt Gloria’s apartment watching MSNBC. I have always felt that they slant towards Trump. It is weird since it seems like everyone hates him there but, yet and still they talk about him all day. In recent times, I have decided that I like the stimulus check however, that was voted on by Congress. Anyhow, we are sitting there with grandma and she points out something like, “Trump isn’t going to let us get a stimulus” in…

4/8/2020 By Joy Lynn Clark I have been on dating sites for as long as there has been dating sites. I meet different folks and sometimes I find a lover and take my profile down or, just hide it. Most of the time, I end up in a straight relationship even though I am not straight. I have dated women also but, I never seem to meet any online. I met my last BF online. My GF before that, was introduced to me by a friend. When it comes to sexual orientation, many say,” straight, gay, bisexual,lesbian, transsexual etc”. I usually have to pick one. I can pick straight and…

This time, my stepmom is making Gumbo. On the one hand, I felt bad because I know that she is making a masterpiece and is spending all day to make sure that it is perfect. On the other hand, I am pissed because I can't have shit.