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Asking For a Rash

DAILY SNACK:

Bad Mother Edition

I was up late last night anyway.

Then, just before turning in at 2am,

Bats and scary butterflies invaded Young C’s dreams.

L’il I woke up and kept on waking on.

C couldn’t get back to sleep either.

Finally, finally, I somehow fell asleep.

5am and baby’s crying again.

She was tucked in beside me,

Drifting off at the breast,

When I smelled it.

That was a dirty smelling diaper.

And I left it ’till morning.

By Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan is a writer who lives in Toronto with her husband and three children.