Born a Crime

domestic for a family in Linksfield,
a wealthy suburb near school.
Linksfield was a long walk from my
house, nearly forty minutes, but
still doable. Walking around was
pretty much all I did back then,
anyway. I couldn’t afford to do
anything else, and I couldn’t afford
to get around any other way. If you
liked walking, you were my friend.
Teddy and I walked all over
Johannesburg together. I’d walk to
Teddy’s house and we’d hang out
there. Then we’d walk back to my
house and hang out there. We’d
walk from my house down to the
city center, which was like a three-