Safety

But what about the fear

of the newborn

emerging from nothingness to

famine and poverty?

the naked, gooey

body shifts its eyes to the ceiling

moving and turning

in unison with the earth

but little

does he know that

the earth’s rotation will reverse

the stars will fall

because his eight pound addition

was just too much

to throw off the balance. the careful

butterfly effect

his mother, swaddling him to her bosom

please keep him safe

the bald little creature

had too much love and joy that

he exhausted and overwhelmed the

explicit and fragile balance of

earth

as we know it

the nothingness after earth

has burned and curdled and erupted

is not to be confused

with the burst and flame and confidence

of independence day

he has no idea

that the restoration can only be granted

from someone

other than himself

please keep us safe