TodayIleft aspaceso whitebodies could inhabitmorecomfortably.
Today I got out of my seat
soawhitefamily couldsit
in my place.Today I accommodated awhitebody.
No thank you.
I am often accommodating. Today, awhitefamilystoodbehindmytable,
pressing against my back. I was expected to leave, never asked. I should have planted my black body instead of being uprooted from my seat like a weed to be plucked. Today I was an apology. I apologize for my presence, and no one says
thank you. I apologize for my presence often. I get cut off. I end up apologizing. I ampushedpast.
Walkedinfrontof. Excuse me.
No response. Sometimes, I go towhitespaces, plant myself. I know my roots aren’t welcome there.