Article Title

A Celebration

Authors

Ceridwen Hall

Abstract

I would prefer not to risk explaining my life.

The baby wants to crawl across the table

so we pull aside the candles and let her.

She seems to know she’s getting away

with something unusual. Her mother offers

a sippy cup, confiscates the last of the forks.

When the old people leave, we rearrange

the furniture and worry for them. I’m not good

at answering their questions. Nothing I say

feels accurate. Better I volunteer to fetch

and carry. Or lean against the back rail

and eavesdrop...

Cover Page Footnote

A Celebration was originally published at Booth.

Recommended Citation

Hall, Ceridwen (2015) "A Celebration," Booth: Vol. 7 : Iss. 4 , Article 2.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/booth/vol7/iss4/2