Rosetta Stone

this guy keeps

talking

to me in Italian

I never had the
chance to learn

(great grandfather
wanted his kids to
blend in to american
whiteness

also, kind of a lie
on my part, I failed
a course once
even cheated on the
final, nothing)

Ya know, I told him
that a few dozen times
I can't even catch a word,
but he keeps going

ciao
come stai?
cosa succede?

I don't know

keeps going on
with his chin on
his chest

tinted glasses
low mumbling voice
/shrug

(those quotes are
direct from google
translate

I do not own
the intellectual right
to distribute them
for cash)

I don't have an answer
for awkward silence.