by Pearl Cleage
And it did. And we danced too wild, and we sang too long, and we hugged too hard, and kissed too sweet, and threw back our heads and howled just as loud as we wanted to howl, because by now we were all old enough to know that what looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight.
PEARL CLEAGE is the author of Mad at Miles - A Black Woman's Guide to Truth and Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot. An accomplished playwright, she teaches playwriting at Spelman College, is a co-founder of the literary magazine Catalyst, and writes a column for the Atlanta Tribune. Ms. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day... is her first novel.