Pre Natal Test
you lay in bed
watching me pack
the dishwasher
tinkling about the night
and roll over into ocean, into dreaming,
into safety, into the place you go
when you are not here
And not all the statastics
that said you were wrong could have known
how beautiful it is to be your mother
to watch your half-lit face
move from here to dreaming
all while the dishes are being done