How Are You to Day?

Fatima thinks her questions are subtle, but you always know right away when she's sniffing around for something specific. She rarely dwells on the present for any longer than it takes to say, how are you to day,. cause what she really wants to know about is your past. You want to tell her that history dies as well as lives, that parts of it fade away every day through forgetfulness and intentional obsolescence. That she gather data like wild flowers fill her skirts, and it will not change the fragility of history.