Me: Oho, what’s this?
Me, reading: Black Voters Mattered: A Philadelphia Story. In this book, W. Wilson Goode, Sr. Philadelphia’s first African-American mayor chronicles the individuals and events that played significant roles in the political empowerment of Black Philadelphia…
Me: Hm. Hey, coworker, you’re old as fuck right?
Savannah, who is old as fuck: You talk shit, you get hit, young man.
Me: See, that’s why I like ya. What do we think of Mayor Goode?
Savannah: What?
Me: W. Wildon Goode, Sr. First Black mayor of philly.
Savannah: Oh, he was okay I suppose.
Savannah: ‘cept for that time when he dropped a bomb on West Philly.
Me: Fuck. That was the MOVE mayor wasn’t it.
Savannah: Oh, he sure was.
Me: Man, can’t I just read something for like, ten minutes without discovering it was horrible?