Grandma Jean

my grandmother poured her
coffee and she told me,

"When I get born again, I'm going to be
an athlete. I'm also
going to star on stage and screen."

i told her, "you know, i was born
as an explorer, i take
land and air and sea and
flowers and machines. and i feel
like i've really seen things."

then my mother said,
"you haven't."