Sunday's Food For Thought

In keeping to my word, the "I am going to post SOMEthing every few days", I am posting an excerpt from my current literary obsession, Lullabies For Little Criminals by Heather O'Neil. I am captivated by the language, and the dark wit threaded within each page. The story is heartbreaking, and empowering. The blatant honesty is seductive, and holds you prisoner until the very last page.

"It was necessary to have a black chalkboard to be able to see the words written on it in chalk. The stars are always up in the sky. You just can't see them during the day until the sky becomes dark. Then when it is perfectly black, they feel less vulnerable and out they come. To see the stars properly, you have to be out in the country where there are no streetlights or lights from apartment windows. When you stood outside the detention center, it was almost shocking how many stars were out there. This is where they were all sent to. So that nobody could see them but one another." -Lullabies For Little Criminals