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Am I Doing Great?

Around two am I think to myself:
I should have read the baby books.

I used to think an oversized floral print
Would make me a better person.

Now I sip my coffee and watch my kid
Scrawl a D that resembles

A deflated bounce house.
She’s started to peel her fingernails

So neurosis must be genetic.
Inside a house of impossible people

A child is hula-hooping
Windmilling her arms for attention

Somehow born knowing everything
She does is worthy of applause.

9 thoughts on “Am I Doing Great?

  1. Hi nicole! Gosh I love this title! And the poems earthquakey torques. Yay

    1. Hi Jared! I’m goshing right back, thank you!

  2. Oh! This title is pretty on point!

  3. Well I’m applauding you both, babes!

  4. I used to think an oversized floral print
    Would make me a better person.

    Same, same.

    1. Story of our lives

  5. I’m underlining all these lines!!

  6. gaaaaawd this poem

    1. <33333

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