in her life.
Now—what’s that you got there
in that bag?
Oh!I say, setting down the snacks.
I brought some movie night
supplies: extra butter popcorn
Peanut M&M’s, and Twizzlers!
You can put all those sweets
right over here next to me,
Grammy says, making room
on her side table.
Um, no,
Lyric says, laughing.
We will be sharing
the candy, Grammy.
I’m going to heat up this popcorn.
You two can pick the movie.
We fall into an easy rhythm.
Ms. Viv and I scroll through options on Hulu
and pick a dark, twisted movie on Lifetime
where a contractor-turned-stalker
starts living in the walls
of a woman’s house.
Lyric brings in a huge bowl of popcorn
and we settle in on Ms. Viv’s bed
to watch.
Get ready for the Grammy Viv
movie experience,
Lyric whispers to me
as she pushes play.
