Twenty Years Ago,
July 5, 1997:

I was opening act for Patti LaBelle at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, MS, the Flame Tour!

The poems I recited had migrated from the Jackson club scene, where I opened for Karen Mus'sang Brown at the Snooty Fox to a 2500 seat, sold out crowd.

I did that gig for free because I recognized opportunity when it knocked on my door.

Thank you Arden Barnett!

Thank you Jackson, Mississippi (too many people to name)!