Misdirection Jade Fleming

Misdirection

When my grandmother was only a mother she, like the other mothers and aunts, worked in other countries to send money back home. She loved my mother through Aruban baby dolls and pretty Venezuelan shoes. They are friends now. They speak on the phone every night.

Before my mother had me she left the shack houses behind. Like her cousins and schoolmates she chased homes and jobs in the same country. She found American jobs cleaning homes and shit. She works the nightshift. I come home from school in time to say goodbye.