Joshua Keiter

As it would be 
with your birth
without which
we wouldn’t exist

was hardly announced
on the front page 
of some seedy 
paper of record 

millions gathered 
to find a way 
out of this hole 
we let get built

around us 
don’t expect 
the transformation 
to be lauded 

by those who
would bury it
when it comes 
to flower.