The Unbearable Unfairness of Winning

On marbles and morals

Melinda Fargo aka Dear Flamingo
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readJun 10, 2024

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Black mother and daughter, where the daughter is upset
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Unfairness first came to me in the unremarkable blocks of flats where I grew up in North West London. Not unfair because my siblings and I were poorer than the other kids. We had long ago accepted there was no money for the delightful crap other people enjoyed.

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Melinda Fargo aka Dear Flamingo
Human Parts

Writing is the place where the voices in my head come to be counted. In my essays and creative nonfiction expect words of storytelling, sincerity and sarcasm.