for ramone hendry
you were just a little guy
past twelve months
maybe close to eighteen
& i said i'd look after you
you cried
for exactly sixty-seven seconds
then smiled
& turned to me
blonde eyebrow raised
as if to say:
well then brown lady
with the round baby face
i guess it’s just
you & me
dismantling every disliked toy
patting the ones that you agreed with
raising the bowl
when you wanted more
trying to scribble
on everything in reach
solid & stubborn
fair & funny
fierce beyond belief
even then we knew / ramone
what kind of boy you’d be
Ahhh, the projected prospects; I like looking into young eyes and seeing.
ReplyDelete__Lovely Maxine! _m
Awesome
ReplyDeletehaving just welcomed our first bub into the family, this made my heart swell.
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