He and I left to visit a neighbor

to give mom a breather.

As she napped,

my world view expanded.

 

The neighbor took out her file

to brag, as a grandmother does

about her family.

 

We could hardly believe it

Really? Truly.

There was this little baby

in black and white

set in her little studio, live.

 

All composed

Perfectly framed

 

Though the rest is incomprehensible to me,

not she,

nor that peace sign.

 

This was a challenge.

SHE is a challenge

Not to her parents who are

wed and happy and seem set and ready

but to ME

to BE what that womb-window

Reveals.

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PEACE child,

Let all that is in me be PEACE.