your morning voice is a foggy bed acoustic

-fills squarely as it should-

a sleepcloud drifts to the window

and out

set free by your blink and the timbre of your words

made from love

i had your first yawn for me

it was better than a baby's smile or steps

it was yours your first yawn my first yawn from you

i took a picture - it is framed now

and hangs inside my forehead behind my eyes

askew and perfect

i look at it all day

you move around in it and do things

with your arms and legs

your neck and head gear at an angle repairing gas fittings

you watch me with all the love for me i know you want to tell the world about

but being a secret zebra-secret makes a hush of your voice

still your first yawn is mine

a zebra named marty starred in the 2005 animated film madagascar

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