and my father says, as the little one shuffles and glides to the music of a children’s dvd,
you need to teach her our culture, lest it disappear
and what culture is that, i ask
expose her to our music, our history
i do that, i expose her
how, he asks, looking at her
you’re assuming that i don’t, she’s all of three, what are you expecting to see
you should encourage her, she might have a talent, like singing
i frowned, i’d rather she was a scientist
but she could end up on american idol
the conversation went haywire after that