• Hey Jack, today I have just taken my first few steps. I stretched out my arms, thought I could reach you but these fat legs were just too silly-goo. And you were there, too far to catch me. But it’s alright. For now I’ll just crawl. Slowly, like those fat caterpillars that you told me would fly one day.

    Jack, I’ve just spoken my first word and I wish you were here to hear it. But it’s nothing fancy. Now I can say ‘You.’ I should very much like to know the words love, me, and do so next I could ask “You love me, do you?”

    Jack, yesterday I learned how to hold the spoon and the fork properly. Now I can eat on my own. All by myself in that empty square table. When you come back, will you take me out for dinner? It’s not all mashed things for me. Now, I could eat meat, too. Now, I could eat you.

    Hey Jack, will you untie my bib? I wanna see my chest, if it is big enough. so you’ll have something soft to rest your head on when you sleep with me.

    You know what Jack? I don’t wet the bed at night anymore, just my panties or my pillow when I think about you.

    Jack, today I’m off to my first day in school. Starched blouse and pinned bow. New books and new shoes. Mrs. Manners taught me about please and thank you. Jack, tell me please, why don’t you ever thank me? Don’t I ever please you?

    Jack, you told me to grow up and now I think I’ve already grown up. So much I could even wipe off the dust at the top of the shelves or take that sugar from that high kitchen cabinet. I can even turn the knob. Open the door all by myself, and walk out of our house because

    You know what Jack? I think, please, I don’t want to be your baby anymore.