little person in my class speaks Mam a dialect of the Maya language. he knows about four words in spanish and no words in english. one of my former students who speaks that language came and translated for me today. but i'm not sure if they speak the same dialect yet, although there seems to be some overlap. all i can think of is pyramids and horticulture. the cosmic serpent and the squirrel-like monkey that carried the messages from celestial beings in the heavens to the pyramids via a skyway umbilical cord. a calendar accurate to tens of thousands of years, no leap year needed. superior ancient technologies. this little boy carries the seed of his ancestors knowledge in his inquisitive eyes. my hope is that when our worlds meet, they do not crash.
