I don’t know the girl
called Shut Up Arianna
her mother I know
Shut Up Ari’s mom
was called Raggedy Ho by
her mom, Stupid Bitch
Shut Up Ari speaks
like those around her whose speech
and affect are flat
Tell me: Why does a toddler have ample amounts of time to stand in the window or doorway and shout her cousin’s name? He is 10, and tired of babysitting, wants to play with other boys, his peers. Why is Raggedy Ho not engaging her daughter, not interacting with her except for Shut Up, Arianna? Is it only me, or does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?
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Tags: class, culture, English haiku, ethnography, language, parenting
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I’m not sure why its harder to go fishing then it is to have children. 😦
What’s the child do with its time when left directionless? Does it have the spark to keep going or will its soul be crushed into a conventional mold like all those around her? Doomed for the short eternity that is life.