Camille Dungy




Frequently Asked Questions: #5

         Do you have big plans for her first birthday?

Tomorrow this will all be over. She will take a step
          and the tide that fills the tide pools will come in.

The last crop of almonds in the world must begin as nothing
                      but a thousand thousand minuscule blossoms.

I have loved every cell of her body from the time I could count them
                                   until now.

Why hurry her progress when each day is as gorgeous as the last?

She will take a step and the beekeeper will plant his hives in the orchard,
                                             walk away.