feathery  beginnings 

On By Anna EastlandIn Poetry

at almost seven weeks

you have just the faint feathery beginnings 

of eyelashes beginning to show

extravagent delicacy 

decorating your face with tiny blond wisps

as if your wide open baby blue eyes

weren’t wondrous enough 
  

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  4. I’m so very embarrassed at how long it has taken me to properly congratulate you on the arrival of this little miracle. “Extravagant delicacy” describes him perfectly. I hope that you are revelling in these full but fleeting days and somehow contriving to get enough sleep. Thinking of you xxx

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