His first hiccups

Sprinklers? It must be
4:30, I wake up to
rhythmic baby bumps

Lazy Sunday

cats and white shoes sprawl
around the living room as
July settles in.

Flight Path

Look! yellow beak, long
neck, downy, backyard flight path
of fledgling herons

No one warns you

Expecting swelling
warned of fatigue, but he kicks
hard enough to hear