Embryology

On childhood

My mini-muse — Beaver Lake, NC. Photo by Elizabeth Helmich

When your body was preformed
and unborn in your microscopic sac,
was there a gene to dictate how you’d
scale the walls of your crib too soon,
because even as a baby
you had FOMO?

Or one that granted the ability
to translate “No!” into “Yes!”
as pumpkins of kings
and…