Her playtime with Papá will soon end.

Marina bounces into the room and sneaks up on the sleeping face of her grandfather. “Papá.” she says. “Get up!” Then, frustrated and ornery, she shouts in her best three-year-old voice, “Get up you zhazhy butt!”

DISCORDANT VOICES BY TISHA MARIE REICHLE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 18

Eyes closed, three-year-old Marina leans her head back and grips the yell…