Use your words
one could see the little girl was
enraged beyond using words
her mother could see it too but
she was adamant and was deaf to anything other than words
evenly she said again
Use your
words
tears hung on her daughters long
thick eyelashes they kissed her
cheeks
her lips formed a taut straight
white line bloodless
it appeared she was trying to
out-adamant her mother
he remembered her mother his daughter trying to out-adamant him
his granddaughter was in for a cruel
reckoning if she didnt offer words
his daughter as he had
would send her off to her room to think about how she was acting
And dont dare touch a single toy or
book while you sit on your bed thinking about what you want to say he heard himself echo in his ears from
long ago
tho she didnt voice her threat
it was coolly implied
probably a mother-daughter synch-up
a father-daughter never-thought to be exercised
his daughter tossed her daughter
one last lifesaver(she was a better woman than he)
Theres a theory sweetheart(it was
unsettling that a three year knew what theory was) that if we dont have the right words in our
vocabulary(she got it!) we cant even see
things that are right in front of our faces
Can you image
And if we cant describe our reality
accurately(bingo! nothing there his granddaughter didnt understand) reveal ourselves precisely honey then we cant see it
Not the other way around
unconsciously his jaw
unhinged swung open
he watched his stubborn granddaughter
get up off the livingroom floor where she sat(her mothers doppelganger)
and walk
into the hallway that lead back to her bedroom
Some theory
Im sure theres a commiserate linguistic
theory I havent had the time to dive
into it tho Im just relating to my hardheaded
daughter a parcel from the book Im reading called The Water Knife
Ive been unable to shake its
premise so Im inspired to make it hers too
Toss a exclamation point on it
You know where I got
that
I do I do
Words are valuable instruments
Yup And no time like the present
1301, Monday,
26 10. 15
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