Exam morning. Roadworks excursion. Notice this, motioned the Pharaoh, Mr Piggott – African and East Indian men road repairing as two women of colour top up the men’s waters before a white timekeeper’s and French Creole overseer’s gazes. “Go back to your class,” the exam question concluded, “and explain all you have seen in the context of Caribbean history.” Semester unknown.
– Eleven We Burn Them in the Sun (2026)