Been Watching Babies Lately Everywhere I Go
October 5th, 2007["Lately" = for four years]
you, little bundle,
will not remember
this day, but will you
stow somewhere
the feeling
of big adventure
seen from inside
arms and blankets
———–
the toddler who will not
be tamed
explores the restaurant,
parents taking shifts
to follow, and
to follow is to be led.
———–
if you throw that
on the floor
again, little cricket,
i will pick it up.
again.
———–
please do not scream.
screaming is inappropriate
unless you are
purely mad
or purely happy
or 21 and drunk
on the streets
of a college town.