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An Episodic American Epic
Be Here, Be Where:
This story is very serious.
This is a story about a girl.
This is not a story for children.
This is a story about Magic and Dragons.
This is not a story of fantasy.
This is a story to help us remember
The dreams we had as schoolchildren...
So we stop shooting our own.
Children, Magic, and Dragons are always very serious.
The Book of Hope:
The Tale of The Genius
Verse 1:
The Book of Hope, Verse 1
Under The Ancient Skyscraper The Tale of The Genius: Verse 1, Part 1 Being twelve. Being a girl. Being a genius. Being beautiful. Being Black. None of those words meant what they said. Hope James was all of them. Down a small path, up a tall hill there’s a

The Book of Hope: Verse 2
Breakfast with the James The Tale of The Genius: Verse 2, Part 1 “Start the speech off with a joke or a poem, Faith.” It was Hope’s older adopted brother Finn, The Poet. “I’ve got one for you.” He stood, raised his fork to his mouth like a

The Book of Hope: Verse 3
The Fox and The Hound The Tale of the Genius: Verse 3, Part 1 The Genius and The Hound Dog were a few minutes walk to the boathouse when Langston stopped, barked once and ran off the path into the woods. Hope followed. When she caught up to him, he

The Book of Hope: Verse 4
In the Quiet of Cellars The Tale of The Genius: Verse 4, Part 1 As they descended the stairs, Hope deliberated when, and if, and how to tell Finn about the dragon. With all the other incredible things that occurred, and that Finn now had witnessed, surely a dragon wouldn’

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