Fratello!
I used to be my little brothers translator
He was too young
To understand
Or be understood
English did not roll from his tongue
The way his quick-witted remarks do now
And sometimes I wonder
As he grew
If I had been able to filter what he heard
a little bit longer
If he would still procure verbal self-abuse
It only does so much telling a boy not to listen
To something he can fully understand
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I read that title, with its exclamation point, and expected something fun and whimsical that would make me smile. Nope! Those expectations were successfully, and satisfyingly, subverted. Great write.