Stephen Mejias

When I was younger, I wanted to grow up to become a Major League baseball player. Baseball runs in my family. My grandfather played in the sugarcane fields, my father played in the street, my uncles played Little League. Each generation, it seemed, got better and closer. I had one uncle who made it all the way to a Major League farm club before injuring his knee.

Panda Has A Baby Roo. Morgan Jet. 2006
purple highlighter and red pen on paper
8" x 11"

These days have been long. Longer than usual, in fact. That's right:
Longer than usual.