Jacob Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro No. 12. The
railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called
in to keep order. (1941)
Mark's Pages
September 12, 2016:
Nun in white gazes skyward, not at heaven but at the departure board, searching out her gate.
Green-faced Asian woman in orange and white stretch pants shoots your author a very dirty look: challenging, angry, confrontational. Perhaps she's protecting her teenage daughter; perhaps she's just tired. Either way: her ferocity and her green skin conjure dragons.
