Proofing

The worry is that some worry
whether they are ready to have a child—

the problem is that that is nothing
to worry about the problem comes

when you realize you aren’t ready
for them to wake up from a nap

one day and suddenly bound across
rooms and hallways stretching for

any object living or stationary
without regard for decorum or

the probability of physical limitation
anything within sight is apparently

within reach and why not since
you can only be afraid of what

you cannot see—remember
when they were an ultrasonic pattern

on a printout did we really expect
the tables to be overturned? In fact we did