Changing Table [a reblog]

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Written by Catherin J Pascal Dunk

For such a small thing,
she’s got the ferocity of a lemur,
struggling to see through the blinds
next to her changing table
as I wrestle with feces and patience.

And I know this will happen
again and again.
Her beautiful will—
something I both take pride in and fear,

fighting because I know what’s good for her
until the day I realize I don’t,
learning […]

read the full poem Changing Table from Mirror & Pen blog

Cover photo by https://kaboompics.com/ on Pexels.com

Photo of a (captive) lemur by Gundula Vogel on Pexels.com
(no-one likes having their liberty curtailed…not a baby, not a lemur)
Photo of baby lemur riding its adult by Jiří Mikoláš on Pexels.com

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