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Yesterday the formerly
incarcerated women had
a rehearsal for their performance
next Friday. We were
meeting at the Columbia
School of Social work last night.
I walked in and Maria
at the desk said you have to
prove to me who you are
before I can let you upstairs.
I showed her my Driver’s License
and she said everyone has
a driver’s license. I need
more proof. What do you
do for a living she asked.
I’m a writing teacher.
OK show me something
to back that up.
I showed her a notebook
with lines for poems.
That proves nothing
she said. Someone from
the rehearsal had to come
to the lobby and say this sentence:
She’s actually Esther Cohen.
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I think you should have asked "Who else could make a better Esther Cohen than me?"
Next time, write a poem for her