Midnight Feeding

by Lana Hechtman Ayers and Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Frogpond 30:2, Spring/Summer 2007, page 41. Written on 19 January 2006 at Victor’s Celtic Coffee House in Redmond, Washington.

morning bath—

my gentle splashes

don’t wake the newborn Lana

catching

the infant’s yawn Michael

strollers in a row . . .

I nod off

in the waiting room Lana

drizzle at the window

a gentle snore

from the baby monitor Michael

bouncing baby

sleeping through the speed bump Lana

midnight feeding—

my fingerprints

on the snooze bar Michael