Family Portrait

The toddler laid four plastic insects in a row.

“Dis Da-ny,” they said, pointing to the grasshopper.

“Dis Ee-ya,” indicating that the cricket stood for their baby sibling.

“And dis Mama and Bama.”

Pointing to the cockroaches.

I fear for the teenage years.

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