that they may know I teach my children through music Ella Fitzgerald Dizzy Gillespie Nina Simone because the things I think I know like dust and scratches provide no resonance I teach my children stereo and mono show them a steady hand how to place the needle in the pause before a song the quiet in-between I teach my children to listen hear the train’s whistle of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee revel in the stories discovered anew I teach my children this language to harmonize their minds black-lines in vinyl spinning history a revolution