but it was a cheaper way for Dad
to teach me about where we came from
barefoot we danced bellies out wrapped in
colorful fabric skirts and dresses
made in our home country
every saturday Dad would take me
for my history lesson where I’d learn
Yoruba and Igbo songs the teacher would sing
for us while giving us moves
to travel across the floor
when we didn’t have the money to travel overseas
learned rhythms to tell stories
learned steps used to ground us
began learning how to find home later on
in my own skin