Wednesday, December 23, 2020

too early, i thought

too early, i thought.
the white
crib.
the flowers.
a rocking chair in the corner.
all new.
a changing table.
three months to go.
the mobile hung above.
the stripe
of paper on the wall
in pale
blue.
a stencil of his name,
but
the boy that was coming
so soon,
never came.


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