7/4/2018 Yellow By Rachel NixYellow Three, almost – a couple months shy eager & watching, always watching repeating & giving everything a number. My nephew can count to twenty in English & knows all his colors; his alphabet holds twenty-six letters but like him, it’s growing. He’ll learn how the r sometimes rolls – already prefers how the l sounds like y when doubled. You should hear him say yellow in English, realizing Spanish is already dancing on his tongue. You should hear him say amarillo from his white boy mouth, & will. He’s learning this, loving this learning how to speak to the neighbors we’re afraid to tell him are in cages. ![]() Rachel Nix is an editor for cahoodaloodaling, Hobo Camp Review and Screen Door Review. Her own work has appeared in L'Éphémère Review, Occulum, and Rogue Agent. She resides in Northwest Alabama, where pine trees outnumber people rather nicely, and can be followed at @rachelnix_poet on Twitter.
Lawrence Piper
7/4/2018 12:03:19 pm
How things truly are just naturally flows out of you, Rachel. Comments are closed.
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