Black&Ugly: A Story of Men & Wheelbarrows
by Larry Benjamin
'Get your black ugly ass up outta that bed!' That's how his mother had woken him every morning. When he was young, he'd learned that words hurt, maimed, scarred. When he got older, he'd learned that words could also comfort, heal. But he'd never forgotten the first lesson. Perhaps that was why he'd chosen a career in finance. Numbers added up; they did not tear down.