#585: Keeping the Baby

I’m not making this up.
The airline steward
gets on the microphone
at the gate to announce
that any families with babies
need to be forewarned:
if the baby smiles at him, he says,
he’s taking the baby,
he’s keeping the baby.

Published by michaeljarmer

I'm a retired public high school English teacher, fiction writer, poet, and musician in Portland, Oregon

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