“Diza, turn out the lights. Please forgive me. It won’t happen again, I promise you.
You are my solar panel; my first breath of every day. My loins
have nothing to do with my heart.”
“Daddy.”
“Please forgive me, As the hot knife will get through the frozen butter, we will get through this.”
“Daddy!”
“Diza, dearest. You make the existence of God redundant. There are Christians and Hindus.
Some people are Buddhist and others are Jewish.
As for me, I’m YOUish. I only believe in you.”
“DADDY.”
“I don’t even remember her name. All I could think about was you, my darling Diza.”
“DADDY!”
“Linda, my little bunny, what are you doing up so late?
Can’t you see I am talking to your mother?”
“My mother died seven years ago. Your Diza died in a car accident, right outside our house.
It was exactly seven years ago last month.”
“My little bunny has no respect for me. She just respects the facts.
Your Mother and I were talking about a woman I met at a ski lodge.
You just don’t get it, do you?”
“Daddy, please.”
“You forgot to show me your report card. Tell me, child,
what did you learn in school today.”
“Daddy, I finished school twelve years ago.”
“How am I supposed to know what you did twelve years ago?”
“Father dearest, I have my own law firm in Los Angeles.
You brag about it to all the neighbors but what is important now
is that I just made your breakfast.”
“Did you butter the toast on the bottom or the top?”
“I love you, Daddy.”
“I know that. And tonight, your mother and I will take you out to Chucky Cheese.
You'll play video games with the other children and beat them all,
making us so proud of you."
"I love you, Daddy."
"Tomorrow you will wake up and be Queen for a Day. Yes, indeed.
Queen for a Day is my favorite TV show. Can we watch it together?”
“Sure Daddy but it hasn’t been on television for thirty years.”
“Yesterday was such a funny episode. Every contestant had a husband named Ernie.”
“Take your pills, Daddy, but only the ones you need before breakfast.”
“You are such a funny little bunny.”
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Footnotes
THE DADDY DIZA DIALOG, a CarPeo product, is the copyrighted property of
the Lewis Carroll School of Logic.
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