syntax

when i was a little girl, i was bright. when i was a little girl, i was clever. when i was a little girl, i was ‘gifted’. when i was a little girl, i sat in the front row and was never absent. i answered all of their questions. i solved every problem. i read every book and i took every test. when i was a little girl, my father told me how very important and vital a good vocabulary could be. how words divided people. how syntax distinguished people. when i was a little girl, i got an unabridged webster’s dictionary for my birthday. when i was a little girl, i read this dictionary everyday. when i was a little girl, i valued every word from my father’s mouth. when i was a little girl, i was a know-it-all. when i was a little girl, i made up words. i made up long, ridiculous and intelligent sounding words. when i was a little girl, i knew that nobody else received an unabridged webster’s dictionary for their seventh birthday.