WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.650 align:middle line:84% I have a little sister who, she got a boob job, 00:00:07.650 --> 00:00:11.220 align:middle line:84% or breast augmentation is the medical term. 00:00:11.220 --> 00:00:14.940 align:middle line:84% And my father, as Ofelia said, my father is Catholic. 00:00:14.940 --> 00:00:19.830 align:middle line:84% And everybody in the family knew but my father. 00:00:19.830 --> 00:00:22.107 align:middle line:84% And my mother told my sister, like, you're 00:00:22.107 --> 00:00:23.190 align:middle line:90% going to have to tell him. 00:00:23.190 --> 00:00:24.815 align:middle line:84% We're not-- it's up to you to tell him. 00:00:24.815 --> 00:00:28.470 align:middle line:90% And we knew what he would say. 00:00:28.470 --> 00:00:31.350 align:middle line:84% Like, we can do anything but the ones he's worried-- 00:00:31.350 --> 00:00:34.530 align:middle line:84% the sins he's worried about our blasphemy and vanity. 00:00:34.530 --> 00:00:36.990 align:middle line:84% And so we knew he would say vanity, vanity. 00:00:36.990 --> 00:00:39.780 align:middle line:84% And so my little sister came home and, you know, 00:00:39.780 --> 00:00:41.940 align:middle line:84% she was like maybe dad's not going to notice. 00:00:41.940 --> 00:00:43.830 align:middle line:90% You know, like, nope. 00:00:43.830 --> 00:00:46.230 align:middle line:90% Everyone in the world notices. 00:00:46.230 --> 00:00:50.250 align:middle line:84% And when she finally told him when 00:00:50.250 --> 00:00:53.310 align:middle line:84% she walked into my parents' house for breakfast the morning 00:00:53.310 --> 00:00:54.630 align:middle line:90% she came home. 00:00:54.630 --> 00:00:57.340 align:middle line:84% And he did exactly what she thought. 00:00:57.340 --> 00:00:58.650 align:middle line:90% And he was like that's vanity. 00:00:58.650 --> 00:00:59.990 align:middle line:90% You didn't need to do that. 00:00:59.990 --> 00:01:00.990 align:middle line:90% Who did you do that for? 00:01:00.990 --> 00:01:05.400 align:middle line:84% And she just stopped with a very serious face and she's like, 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:06.540 align:middle line:90% are you serious? 00:01:06.540 --> 00:01:07.650 align:middle line:90% Are you kidding me? 00:01:07.650 --> 00:01:10.980 align:middle line:84% She goes, Richie just stabbed somebody five times in the back 00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:12.600 align:middle line:90% and you're mad about this? 00:01:12.600 --> 00:01:16.230 align:middle line:84% And so that has become our measurement. 00:01:16.230 --> 00:01:20.250 align:middle line:84% Is that no matter what you do, like Richie 00:01:20.250 --> 00:01:22.920 align:middle line:84% stabbed someone five times in the back. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:24.330 align:middle line:90% Like, that wins. 00:01:24.330 --> 00:01:25.470 align:middle line:90% You can't beat that almost. 00:01:25.470 --> 00:01:26.760 align:middle line:90% Like, six times maybe? 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:28.440 align:middle line:90% If you really want to. 00:01:28.440 --> 00:01:32.160 align:middle line:84% And so, I mean there was-- we talked about humor too. 00:01:32.160 --> 00:01:34.500 align:middle line:84% And there was that moment in my family 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:37.710 align:middle line:84% when my dad looked at my mom and like we needed that moment. 00:01:37.710 --> 00:01:39.870 align:middle line:84% Because I don't think we'd really even talked 00:01:39.870 --> 00:01:41.500 align:middle line:90% about what my brother had done. 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:43.230 align:middle line:84% And so everybody just kind of laughed 00:01:43.230 --> 00:01:46.020 align:middle line:84% and that was the last that it came up. 00:01:46.020 --> 00:01:48.067 align:middle line:90% It didn't come up again. 00:01:48.067 --> 00:01:49.650 align:middle line:84% And I'm being a typical native and I'm 00:01:49.650 --> 00:01:52.440 align:middle line:84% making these small triolets, which are only 00:01:52.440 --> 00:01:54.570 align:middle line:90% like this big, last an hour. 00:01:54.570 --> 00:01:57.270 align:middle line:84% So I'm going to read the last triolet 00:01:57.270 --> 00:01:58.380 align:middle line:90% that I promised to read. 00:01:58.380 --> 00:01:59.797 align:middle line:84% What was it, 30 minutes ago that I 00:01:59.797 --> 00:02:02.108 align:middle line:90% said I was going to read these? 00:02:02.108 --> 00:02:03.900 align:middle line:84% And this is kind of an important poem to me 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:06.690 align:middle line:84% because I have a little brother who's a tribal policeman. 00:02:06.690 --> 00:02:09.539 align:middle line:90% And he was able to-- 00:02:09.539 --> 00:02:12.040 align:middle line:84% I asked him what the codes were and he 00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:13.290 align:middle line:90% was able to help me with them. 00:02:13.290 --> 00:02:16.020 align:middle line:84% So he feels kind of like it's his poem. 00:02:16.020 --> 00:02:18.540 align:middle line:84% And then, my father is always joking 00:02:18.540 --> 00:02:23.460 align:middle line:84% and he always says that his kids are the cops and the robbers. 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:24.960 align:middle line:84% Because I have a couple brothers who 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.790 align:middle line:84% are tribal policemen and then I have some that are not. 00:02:29.790 --> 00:02:34.200 align:middle line:84% "Tribal Cops, Geronimo, Jimi Hendrix, and My Brother." 00:02:34.200 --> 00:02:37.080 align:middle line:84% "The tribal cops are in our front yard calling in 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:38.610 align:middle line:90% on a little black radio. 00:02:38.610 --> 00:02:42.430 align:middle line:84% I got a 10-15, for two, six seven, and 4-15. 00:02:42.430 --> 00:02:45.270 align:middle line:84% The 10-15 they got is my brother. 00:02:45.270 --> 00:02:48.750 align:middle line:84% A Geronimo wannabe who thinks he's holding out. 00:02:48.750 --> 00:02:51.660 align:middle line:84% In his mind he's playing backup for Jimi. 00:02:51.660 --> 00:02:55.110 align:middle line:84% He is an itching, bopping head fool of fire. 00:02:55.110 --> 00:02:57.210 align:middle line:84% Momma cried, "Stop acting so crazy!" 00:02:57.210 --> 00:03:00.090 align:middle line:84% But he kept banging air drums against the windows 00:03:00.090 --> 00:03:02.100 align:middle line:90% and ripped out all the screens. 00:03:02.100 --> 00:03:04.290 align:middle line:90% This time we called the cops. 00:03:04.290 --> 00:03:06.270 align:middle line:84% And when they came, we just watched. 00:03:06.270 --> 00:03:10.170 align:middle line:84% We have been here before and we know two, six, seven and 4-15 00:03:10.170 --> 00:03:12.090 align:middle line:90% will get him 10-15. 00:03:12.090 --> 00:03:14.640 align:middle line:84% His eyes are escape caves torch lit 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:16.890 align:middle line:84% by his two, six, seven of choice, 00:03:16.890 --> 00:03:18.930 align:middle line:90% crystal methamphetamine. 00:03:18.930 --> 00:03:21.390 align:middle line:84% Finally, he's in the back of the cop car. 00:03:21.390 --> 00:03:25.420 align:middle line:84% Hands in handcuffs, shiny and shaped like infinity. 00:03:25.420 --> 00:03:29.200 align:middle line:84% Now that he's 10-15 he's kicking at the doors and security 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:29.700 align:middle line:90% screen. 00:03:29.700 --> 00:03:33.800 align:middle line:84% A two, six, seven fiend saying, I got desires that burn 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:35.790 align:middle line:90% and they want 4-15. 00:03:35.790 --> 00:03:39.600 align:middle line:84% His tongue is flashing around his mouth like a World's Fair 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:40.530 align:middle line:90% Ferris wheel. 00:03:40.530 --> 00:03:42.600 align:middle line:90% But he's no Geronimo. 00:03:42.600 --> 00:03:45.300 align:middle line:84% Geronimo would find a way out instead 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:47.500 align:middle line:90% of giving in so easily." 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:48.000 align:middle line:90%