lie on the floor
with your three-year-old daughter
in the living room
and declare,
"I think we should get up. They're ready in the kitchen,"
you will
sit up
put your hands behind you
flatten your feet to the carpet
and rise to standing.
She will
say,
"I'm going to roll there."
And she will tumble sideways
across the living room
in and out of the dining room
and onto the linoleum of the kitchen.
You will
have gotten there first
but you will
think:
her way was better.
