stoop.
noun. steps in front of a house or other building.
verb. to bend one’s head or body forward and downward. to lower one’s moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible.
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that …
verb. to gather and visit and play and hang out on the stoops of our buildings..
in brooklyn we have redefined the verb
to stoop.
we have turned it into an utmost positive.
an act of happiness and joy, filled with laughter.
we stoop..
our children are raised playing on the stoops, in the front yards.
we gather on our stoops to chat.
we stoop.
stooping … it is not a lowering, there is nothing reprehensible about it.
in fact, it is the exact opposite of those things …
we gather on our stoops, to stoop, to visit and to watch our children play and laugh with each other …
to lift each other up.
we stoop.
