Who would you be
If you didn’t throw cold spaghetti
Into my hair at dinner
How would I laugh
If you weren’t there
Staring at me with your two teeth smile
Your hair is wild and your eyes are wide
Shaped like a strong woman who came before you
You are teaching me, so concretely and consistently, to not take myself seriously
Or, anything at all
You turn a tense moment into belly laughter in a blink of an eye
Navigating this life with humor way beyond your three years
A shapeshifter
Pirate armed with a diaper cannon
Black belt ju jitsu master pinning your brother to the ground
Hair monster to avoid eating dinner
Cowgirl on an invisible horsey bah dah bah dah bah dah
Ayahuasca hippie in a hut chanting “guacamole”
I always know where you’ve been
because when you leave a room
You leave laughter in the air