“All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
—- Toni Morrison

Deep Ellum
Texas

You’ve already read it, I know. Probably you read it, like me, in middle school. Still, maybe you haven’t. Doesn’t hurt to read it again… it’s crackerjack.

My son and I were watching a bit of some movie that wishes were involved in. I asked, “It isn’t a monkey’s paw, is it?”

He didn’t know what I was talking about. I guess there are people that haven’t read it.

Read it here:

The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs