Have You Thought This Through?
You do know I’m going to grow up,
get bigger,
more demanding,
participate more fully,
speak out more frequently,
don’t you?
You wanted to have a baby.
but you probably didn’t think much about having a toddler.
or a child.
or a tween.
or a teenager.
or an adult —
an adult who’s gonna look at you, see only your flaws
and have no qualms about outlining them to you in detail.
Didn’t factor that into the equation, didja?
‘Cause right now, you’re looking at me
and my little,
chubby,
droolly,
toothless
face and thinking, “This is the best decision I ever made.”
Just wait.
You’re in for it as soon as I have a vocabulary
large enough to make my criticisms effective.
Or at least as soon as I can hold my neck up without support.