June 2007
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Washington, DC, June 20, 2007
Pandemonium.
Lights flashing, a spiral of screaming, hysterical phone calls, a flash fire - combustible Columbia Heights - ignited.
It was a war zone, ground zero - not a neighborhood, not even anything physical - hate.rage.fear.heat, low hanging, oppressive smoldering chemicals, waiting for the spark, flash point fire.
I got off [...]
June 20th, 2007
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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2007
I leave the light on, sometimes. When there’s a mouse in the house, or a six-legged scurry.
I don’t actually think that the light keeps the vermin away, but it helps, when I wake with a start in the middle of the night - to be able to see, instantly [...]
June 10th, 2007
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WASHINGTON, DC, June 7, 2007
The shots rang out, staccato.
Four, in rapid succession.
DC’s Columbia Heights is a neighborhood of many noises: firecracker cackle, urgent sirens, basketball bounce, slow-fast-slow cadences - many noises, yes, but the sound of a gun is unmistakable.
Clear.
Certain.
Four shots - one tunneling into the arm of a man, another into the chest of [...]
June 7th, 2007
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