Morphological Confetti

[ Stevie arrives home from school. His mother is in the kitchen making dinner .] Stevie: “Hey, momma!” Momma: “Hey Stevie! How was school today?” Stevie: “It was okay.” [ Stevie slumps into the chair at the kitchen table ] Momma: “What’s wrong baby? Is everything all right in school?” Stevie: “Momma, didn’t you always tell me that if somebody put their hands on me that I should make sure that they don’t do it again?” Momma: [ Mother rushes to look at Stevie closely ] “ Yes. Why, did somebody put their hands on you today?” Stevie: “No, but Officer Friendly was at our school today.” Momma: “Oh, that’s nice. I used to love it when Officer Friendly came to visit our school when I was a little girl. What did he share with the kids today?” Stevie: “Momma, he said that more and more young black men are dying by the hands of another black man every day in America before they reach the age of 21. Officer friendly said that kids are dying by the thousands!” Momma:...

Lil Stevie: “Momma, how come we don’t got no chimney? Momma: “You mean, why don’t we have a chimney?” Lil Stevie: “Yes, Ma’am.” Momma: “Well, because we live in an apartment.” Lil Stevie: “Oh. Well, how is Santa going to get the presents to us if he can’t come down the chimney like on TV?” Momma: “He’ll come through the front door.” Lil Stevie: “Who will let him in? Won’t you be sleep?” Momma: “I’ll leave the door unlocked.” ( Stevie looks at his mother and scratches his head ) Lil Stevie: “No momma! ‘Cause If you do that then somebody will come in behind Santa and try to rob him! Then, they will probably beat him up, take his money, take his reindeer and sell ‘em, sell all the little girls and boys toys, plus our gifts! After all of that then Christmas will be over!” Momma: “No it won’t son because we’ll still have Jesus.” ( Stevie looks at his mother and scratches his head again ) Lil Stevie: “Momma, what does Jesus have to do with Christmas?”