Carolyn Freyer-Jones

Where I'm From · Oct 20, 2026 · 41m

Where I’m From #55

By Carolyn Freyer-Jones

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from paper plates

from Thomas’s English muffins and white label, no name ketchup

I am from the first floor apartment with the long hallway and the dining table where cigarettes were tamped out in the skin of mostly eaten baked potatoes

I am from grass outside the building and sweet gum trees with spiky balls that were used as weapons

I am from weekend breakfasts at the Broadway diner, sarcasm and questions about the cost of breakfast

I am from Hugh and Trudy, from the arguing and the ignoring

from “your father…