DAILY SNACK
Both kids fell asleep in the car last night.
Fantastic, I thought,
I can skip straight to the peace and quiet.
Just as soon as I carry them both up to our second floor apartment
By myself.
Not wanting to leave either in the dark alleyway,
I deposited Colum just inside the door
Where he dozed on the bottom step.
Irene woke up on the way in
So I plopped her in her playpen while I went back down for Colum.
And she screamed
Bloody murder.
She screamed so loud and so hard
That even Colum who had stayed firmly asleep
On the back stairs and then while I undressed him
Finally woke up.
The cycle of waking each other up continued
For over an hour.
I won’t be trying that again.