New Neighbors

A fresh visit to the universe

A tiny person named Jarel* who is currently shaped like a tiny Michelin man,

Entered my yard, in the arms of my neighbor and landlord

She grinning and asking,

Would you like to meet your new neighbors?

I grinned at him, and he grinned back

You’re fresh into the universe! I told him. 

And squeezed the tiny toes of his little pink fat foot. 

Hi!

He wiggled for a second, the responded with a hiccup-y, 

Hi

Not to show a 3 month old I was impressed,  i challenged him further

How are you?

Nothing. Satisfied I had proved this baby’s lack of conversation skills, and assuaging my own sense of surprise of how expressive a little Michelin man, fresh into the universe, could be, I pulled his foot and said

And now your turn

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I am thrilled to have a baby neighbor

And also scared

I know they are demanding but also cute

*not his real name, not to protect his tiny identity, but because I forgot.

PS — ya’ll i really be procrastinating with these newsletters sometimes! Sunday comes every week. i kinda didn’t want to send today, because nothing was moving me. But alas, we honoring commitments round here