You are beginning to escalate
which is not the same
as growing
I expected your feet to get fat
and your little legs to sprout up
like tent poles
but this is faster
it is as if you are devouring the air
for it too might hold a newness
you must have
the placement of your bellybutton
you’ve been waiting impatiently
to show me
you knew
today you ate raisins
tweezing them in delicately with one hand
holding the door of your mouth closed
with the other
so none of them fell out
you arrived with a jar of tricks,
so many things you do
that nobody taught you
I’ve started making a list
of mysteries
to ask you
does a butterfly miss
being a caterpillar
just in case you grabbed
a few extras
for your jar
on your way
here
I want to soak
in your blunt wisdom
before it evaporates
into intelligence
like an ocean
returning
as rain.
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