Mama’s rubbing sunscreen all over my face.

“We’re at the White House,” I say.

“No,” Mama says. “The Statue of Liberty, but not the real one, neither.”

Lotion gets in my eye, and I start to cry.

“Washington’s born here, y’know,” she says, and for a moment I believe her.

Oliver Cubillos is a writer and filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. He holds a BFA in Media Arts Production with a minor in literature from Emerson College. His work is published or forthcoming in Heavy Feather Review, BULL Magazine, Free Flash Fiction, and elsewhere.