First Time Parent - Aug. 19, 2025

Gary Hunter

Aug 19, 2025

1 min read

tomato seeds have sprouted

into very thin babies,

arms spread wide,

wanting, reaching, needing

we’ll see how good

of a mother-father I am

over the next few months,

measurable by how much

purple-red juice

drips off the knife

and how many times

the eyes glaze over

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