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2013-01-12T23:24:17-08:00January 12th, 2013|Parenthood|

Tiny things

I buy tiny things
for a baby shower
and marvel
in that well-worn way
that you were small
for such a short while

when a patch of cloth
covered you from head to toe

when your hands
looked like birds’ feet

when you curled inward
like a cashew
unaccustomed to the roominess
of sky

I buy these tiny things
and a card
on which I will not be able
to help myself
from warning her

this wisp of time
is a cloud
fast and floating
away
.

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