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First Born

Audrey Burk, Guest Author

The first time I saw you

Was 18 years ago today.

I would have known you anywhere.

You’d been so close so long.

I looked at you through tears and twilight sleep

Fulfilled


Years have vanished like breath.

Vignettes flash by one hundred frames a minute.

Little fists kneading as you nursed.

Your dad tossing you in the air, laughing

Baptism, Sunday school

You in a coonskin cap and Davy Crockett suit

Toy soldiers, war games

That crazy-shaped red, cowboy hat

Kindergarten

Dogs killed a rabbit on the playground; you got sick

Cub Scouts

Mountain vacations when my heart stopped at your daring

Christmas, a blue bike

Cars

Girls

Dances


Today I bake another cake,

You sign up for the draft.

The man you are fills out the forms.

A lady asks the questions:

“Are you opposed to war?”

You answer, “Isn’t everyone?”

And sign.











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