Black Boy
By: Skeet
Peter D'Angelo English 12, Period 6 October 18, 1999 Dear Brother, Hello, how are you doing? How are things in Detroit? I hope that living with Aunt Maggie has been good for you. Aunt Jody and Uncle Clark treated me like a grownup. They gave me a hundred chores and were very hard on me. I did not like my situation in Greenwood with Aunt Jody and Uncle Clark. They made me sleep in a room where a boy once died. Words cannot describe the fear of an encounter with the boy's ghost. Every night I was so scared that I could not sleep in that room for one minute. After pleading with Uncle Clark, I was able to go back to Jackson and live with Mother and Granny again. Life with Granny and Ma is much better. However, I cannot bear the hunger much longer. It makes me angry and I often feel weak. I hope that you are having plenty to eat where you are. Granny makes these peanut roasts that taste strange and I don't like very much. Most of all, I crave meat. The fact that I can't eat......
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