Love You Forever
by Gary Barwin
don’t be nervous, baby says to frog
I have a knife
don’t you be nervous, frog says to baby
I, too, have a knife
no, you dropped it, baby says
I picked it up
I stole it back, frog says
ok, says baby, but when I’m a teenager, I dissect you
ok, says frog, but first I jump into a pond
and oh the sound of water the sound of water