She is the firefly
that lights up our nights,
her cherubed face,
and cheeky smile,
laying siege on our living spaces.
Her tiny form occupying,
our basement steps,
as she joyously serenaded us
in an infantile song,
spanglish laced with berber.
Her two energetic companions,
careening from couch
to table, then to floor,
laughing and screaming,
racing feet threading
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