Thursday, September 30, 2021

how to get your way

we learn early
to cry
and whine, to make a racket
when we're hungry
or wet,
or in some sort of pain.
we learn
this in the crib,
how to get what we need,
lying in
the little cage they set
us in.
one whimper and they
come running
to see what they can
do to make us smile
again.

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