It's A Boy! (poem)

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Delaney Smith, boy


It's A Boy!

Wee little baby
Look at him shit.
Center of the universe
Thinks he's it.

Sweetest Day baby
Ain't you a treat
From your bald little head
To your fat little feet.

Peas on your cheekbone
Pears on your chin
Formula is on the stove
Ready to go in.

Spittin' out vegetables
Runnin' down your chest
Holdin' out for applesauce
'Cause it's the best.

Burpin' out one end
Crappin' out the other
Driven 'em nuts
Your father and mother.

Wowee! baby
Ain't you cute
Ready for bed
In your birthday suit.

Atta boy baby!
You ain't got a bother
Chew on those toes
Like there's no tomorrow.






(from the chapbook PRAYERS & LAUGHTER, 1990)

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