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The Brand New Baby

by Anne Bauman

September 15, 2009 midnight

We have a brand new baby,

They brought it home today.

It hasn’t got much hair and

It hasn’t much to say.

It screams when it is hungry,

It yells when it is wet.

Now why we have this baby

I really don’t know yet.

The only time she’s quiet

Is when she’s gone to sleep.

Then Mama whispers, “Hush, Son,

And don’t you make a peep.”

Her eyes are blue and friendly

As you can plainly see.

Today she held my finger,

And then she smiled at me.

We have a brand new baby,

She’s kind of cute, you know?

I think that we will keep her,

Because we love her so.

By Anne Bauman of Prairie Village

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