4 pound flash of blood and light--
Kept warm like Sunday dinner, tubes
in places you shouldn't know yet. Yet.
You are you and you are here and you
are mine. And grandpa is waiting, mask
hanging, slack and stupid. Welcome.
Happy 4th, Miss Chicken Wing! For a girl so small, you sure filled up our life.
A Little Tooth
by Thomas Lux
Your baby grows a tooth, then two,
and four, and five, then she wants some meat
directly from the bone. It's all
over; she'll learn some words, she'll fall
in love with cretins, dolts, a sweet
talker on his way to jail. And you,
your wife, get old, flyblown, and rue
nothing. You did, you loved, your feet
are sore. It's dusk. Your daughter's tall.
That chicken's got wings and humoungous brown eyes!
ReplyDeleteif some jailbird sweettalks her, his butterballs are mine. all. mine.
jc
so sweet...funny I call my friends' baby Chicken Wing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mira!!!!!!!!!! :) Kristen
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Love that name chicken wing :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Bday to Miss M! She couldn't be any cuter! Hope you are enjoying her and your day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to gorgeous Ms. M! So thrilled she's a Libran ;-)
ReplyDeleteWho can believe that little piece of deliciousness is four?!?
ReplyDeleteHope she's having a fabulous day. Happy Birthday!
I have the best friends....you are all so awesome to me..I am a sad-sack-weeper today...but y'all know that babytime is OVER...right? Because Miss M is 4 and I am certain she will be attending prom in a Pull-Up.
ReplyDeleteHappy B-day Miss M! You are going to be a woman who knows how to move mountains through sheer determination and using everything at your disposal to its greatest power. The world will never be the same! =)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! Beautiful poems, both of them. The first one made me weep like a simpleton....and it made me want another baby :)
ReplyDeletejust look at that little lump in the first picture...totally same adorable face as in the most recent.
ReplyDeletetoo too too sweet.
Awww cuteness! Is that Miss Chicken Wing in the pot on your header - I simply love that photo - it is so sweet and funny! :) xxx
ReplyDeletePS Happy Birthday....I'm wondering what birthday dinner will be?! xxx
ReplyDeleteLOL she will not go to prom in a pull up she will get there, hang in there mom. Happy Birthday Miss M!!!!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh so sweet. Happy Birthday to your baby girl!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your baby!
ReplyDeleteAwwww! Such a darling birthday girl! I loved the poetry very much! :D
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! Love the pictures and watching her grow. Happy, happy birthday sweet girl!
ReplyDeleteCC: Nope, I know it "looks" like Miss Chicken Wing, but it's actually The Minx in the pot! They looked so similar as babies that it was uncanny!
ReplyDeleteps: CC: Birthday dinner was as the Princess wished...cheese pizza :p
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice tribute and Happy Birthday to Miss Chicken Wing! I wish I had a way with words like you! My only child is now 14 and getting her braces off next week! They grow so quickly!
ReplyDeleteCheese pizza? Was it some special cheese pizza that you whipped up with fresh mozzarella that you made that day? Oh, please tell me you ordered Dominos...
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your little Chicken Wing! I get so emotional on my kids' b-days, don't you? They just grow up so damn fast.
Hey Happy Birthday to the big girl! Why chicken wing? cute.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome smile. I bet she gets it from you. (Or from knowing what delicious things you're preparing for dinner...)
ReplyDeletePRECIOUS!! Those eyes...what a doll...happy birthday baby :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the sweet wishes! Gibs, alas, I did not order out, but I did use Boboli, so that's cheating enough :)
ReplyDeletePassions: Grandpa coined the nickname Chicken Wing. She was born a little over 4 pounds but dropped to 3.7 pounds overnight. When my dad first saw her in the NICU, he said, "She's smaller and scrawnier than a chicken wing!"
Not the nicest moniker, but it stuck!
And the Anonymous jc: I like your way with words.
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