Category Archives: Signed Sirelle

Monthly outlook, as told by Sirelle Carter.

Signed Sirelle: There Has To Be a Point

You will never see your child alive again. The feeling that overcame you, at the conclusion of that lede, should be the same feeling you possess when you see that an elementary school, once again, fell victim to a mass … Continue reading

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Signed, Sirelle: “To Come Across a Hero”

Several of my group chats have spent much of the last day discussing Kobe Bryant. Business as usual, essentially. Except this is unusual. We aren’t arguing, we aren’t debating—we’re coping. Like so many others yesterday, I sat blank and motionless … Continue reading

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Signed, Sirelle: “Thirty Trips Around The Sun”

Google Calculator tells me that this weekend will mark around 10,950 days in which Antoine Sirrelle Starks has been a thing. Which to me, it feels as if there has been that many days in 2019 alone. When it comes … Continue reading

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Signed, Sirelle: “Did You Make It Home?”

I have this saying, most days, when I’m leaving the office: Make it home safe. It is my daily farewell ritual to whomever is left in the office to make it back to your loved ones in the condition that … Continue reading

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October 10, 1997: The Day I Met Death

94 minutes. That’s how long he fought off death. From the listed “Time of Injury,” to the pronounced time of death, he was as stubborn as the genetics he passed on to me. The entry on line 33d of the death … Continue reading

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Signed Sirelle: “Letter to My Future Son”

I write this guide to life in the event that I never get to tell my future son myself.  My darling boy, I have so many thoughts, I don’t know where to begin. There is a lot going on in … Continue reading

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Signed Sirelle: “Untitled”

In the aftermath of the most deadly mass shooting in our nation’s history, we have reached peak hypocrisy in America. Nightmarishly, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a gunman entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and opened fire … Continue reading

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Signed Sirelle: FEBRUARY 2016 – “The Significance of Black This, Black That: for People Stuck on Stupid”

“There shouldn’t be a Black History Month. We’re Americans. Period. That’s it.” From the moment we begin our grade school circuit of history courses, we’re taught a “wide-ranging” curriculum of American history. The Reconstruction Era, Western Expansion, FDR’s New Deal, … Continue reading

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Signed Sirelle: JANUARY 2016 – “Letter to Obama”

Dear Mr. President, I could not be more ecstatic that your presidency is coming to an end. You see, I voted for you twice. And if not for that damned 22nd Amendment, I would certainly be voting for you again. … Continue reading

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Signed Sirelle: SUMMER 2015 – “Love, Again”

Love is so inconsiderate. I mean, imagine this: one finally reaches a mild level of self-satisfaction — or content — with keeping themselves company, and in the click of a Facebook minute, your status changes. We’ve all gone through the motions. Stuffing … Continue reading

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