What would Abuela and Abuelo think of their nieta
Watching a musical about Imelda Marcos
In New York
Not history for them, but lived events
Turned into a dance party
With flashing lights and a disco ball
And sparkling costumes
And a DJ narrating events
What was it like to watch the paradise they had grown up in
Fall to pieces
(Part of why they left)
What would they think of me leaving Sydney
What would they think of New York?
I wish I could ask them.