Papa
Yeah buddy
Ms. K has this really cool book with graphs. They’re circular and show different totals. The human circles are like this big. But the beetles ones take up like two full pages.
He’s spitting, free flowing, a volcano of knowledge of the world about to blow
Squirrels sweat through their feet.
Hawaii has no seagulls.
I like to play the water is lava, except you have to avoid it by just moving backwards.
It’s not much, really. All I’ve done is given space, a container in which to share.
Not fixing, just sitting. Looking him in the eye.
Moments like these feel so easy when they happen, the challenge is to open up and create the space. To build presence, as a habit.
The scientific name for gorillas is gorilla gorilla.
That last one is the one that makes him giggle.
Get Up Eight 
I love that he shares these facts with you! I crave these conversations with my son, but he doesn’t freeflow the information as you described here! Kids are totally like sponges, aren’t they!
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thank you for this fast-flowing, tone-shifting meditation. I really like the idea of the container–it strikes me as the hardest task for a creative writing project sometimes. What container will best serve this idea?
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I love th elanguage “he’s spitting… abou to blow.” You show us how you create space ofr it to flow out. Imagine if it couldnt?! And- kid quotes are the best. And- great to close with a giggle.
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You have used the imagery so well. The metaphorical sentence works very well ;
” All I’ve done is given space, a container in which to share.” Sometimes you just have to wait and it will all ‘flow’. You were a good audience!
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