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I'm Aracelis Girmay,
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and this is, "For Estefani, Third
Grade, Who Made Me a Card."
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Elephant on an orange line,
underneath a yellow circle, meaning sun.
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Six green, vertical lines, with color
all from the top, meaning flowers.
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The first time I peel back the
five squares of Scotch tape,
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unfold the crooked-crease
fold of art class paper.
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I am in my living room.
It is June.
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Inside of the card,
there is one long word, and then
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Estefani’s name:
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Loisfoeribari Estefani
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Loisfoeribari?
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Loisfoeribari:
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The scientific,
Latinate way of saying hibiscus.
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Loisforeribari: A direction, as in:
are you going
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North? South? East?
West? Loisfoeribari?
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I try, over and over, to read
the word out loud.
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Loisfoeribari.
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LoISFOeribari.
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LoiSFOEribari.
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LoisFOERibARI.
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What is this word?
I imagine using it in sentences like,
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“Man, I have to go back to the house,
I forgot my Loisfoeribari.”
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or “There’s nothing
better than rain, hot rain,
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open windows with music,
and a tall glass of Loisfoeribari.”
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or “How are we getting to Pittsburgh?
Should we drive or take the Loisfoeribari?”
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I have lived four minutes with this word
not knowing what it means.
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It is the end of the year.
I consider writing my student,
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Estefani, a letter that goes:
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To The BRILLIANT Estefani!
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Hola, querida, I hope that you are well.
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I’ve just opened the card that you made
me, and it is beautiful.
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I really love the way you
filled the sky with birds.
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I believe that you are chula,
chulita, and super fly!
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Yes, the card is beautiful.
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I only have one question for you.
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What does the word ‘Loisfoeribari’ mean?
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I try the word again.
Loisfoeribari.
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Loisfoeribari.
Loisfoeribari.
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I try the word in Spanish.
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Loisfoeribari
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Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee
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Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee
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and then, slowly,
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Lo is fo e ri bari
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Lo is fo eribari
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love is for everybody
love is for every every body love
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love love everybody love
everybody love love
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is love everybody
everybody is love
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love love for love
for everybody
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for love is everybody
love is for every
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love is for every body
love love love for body
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love body body is love
love is body every body is love
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is every love
for every love is love
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for love everybody love love
love love for everybody
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Love is for everybody.
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