Denice Frohman performs "Accents" live at the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York, 2013 and the room catches fire.

She's talking about her Puerto Rican mom,

The accent becomes a shotgun.

A compass.

A love letter from a grandmother you never met. By the end, the crowd isn't just listening, they're in it with her. If your mom ever got told her English wasn't good enough, this one's for her