justwrite 23 july

if babies weren’t so sweetfaced we’d already be replaced permanently displaced by something cuter oh an ode to babies and yes we owe no maybes to that tinyfooted step effortlessly adept at bossing the bosses flossing reasonable people through tiny chubstub fingers wrapping crowns around their pink little pinkies fat like twinkies and just as stuffed with unpleasant stuff today my friend’s child so strawberry mild and happycheeked she is cooing and I don’t mean the baby there are songs spreading across the static and it’s a dynamic force of course there are more a winning score out in force on the streets this afternoon brought out by the sun by strollers and grandmothers skeptical older brothers and fathers who swagger slightly yes I made this happen adapting circumstances all around them these tiny gods survey their territory not always pleased occasionally diseased by unexplainable afflictions possibly disgust when lust for all they desire misfires into tantrums some fun they ought to be having forbidden by the underlings the giant beings who do their bidding while the pink and blue chariots are drawn along the promenade the people bow they tuck their chins to their chests and agree this is the most precious child this is the sweetest little girl the cutest little boy and it’s all one can do to keep from making comparisons to pets but certainly this wouldn’t be heard of surely you don’t understand and it’s true I don’t I never had a dog either never had a cat never had a baby got no maybes to display in this chart just all heart and no cooing no blowing kisses and calling precious and this seems fine wonder if I’ll cross that line someday that makes me want to rush out and play this game but just the same for now from a distance there’s no need for resistance just a pleasant nod at the otherwise occupied as they float by in their multicolored boats floating right on track sorry I’m just swimming thisaway and there’s a somethingelse I ought to do I’ll catch up with you somenever but surely wish you well all the same