A Sex Talk With My Gramma

Back in her village in Chaozhou, China, they didn’t talk about sex, but here in America, it surrounds us. One day, my grandmother, glossy-eyed, curly haired, and curious, asks me to sit with her at the kitchen table. She whispers about my gay best friend, “How do they lay together? Do they have both parts?” In literal translations, I say “They do it in the butt, one part in the place we all have.” With laughter, we both find clarity in the things we do not know about each other.