the smallness of baby feet
a foot fitting entirely in my hand
still fat, round, not yet used even once for travel
only for holding and kissing
or earlier,
for stretching out and up into mom’s ribs
a painful reminder of inner life
of being a vessel
whose contents are outgrowing her
and it’s only the beginning of growing
of life-giving
and of being outgrown
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