Caritas in the simulation

In the park, a boy ran up to me, and he was smiling. I was eating a mango cupcake dusted with Tajin.

I said "Hello!"

His parents called his name and then he turned and ran in another direction.

He had two parents. And they were nice.

He ran over to a tree, saw something that upset him, and began to scream and cry.

He had parents to help him.

I was in the park for  a while, and I came back with the second cupcake.  I walked past a cupcake wrapper on the way in.

A girl ran up to me. "Excuse me. I just wanted to tell you that I love you."

"I am sorry, can you say that again?"

"I wanted to tell you that I love you."

(She used to say, "Where are your dads?")

"Oh, thank you. I love you too."