for Ms. Nikki

what i wrote when i heard.

each time i use up all my books
i save a copy—just in case.
for that one day when i see Ms. Nikki
at the grocery store

if, for some reason, she’s there
at the same time as me
i’d introduce her to my boys
and we’d chat about raising babies
before i remember the book—
the one i’ve been carrying for a year
for a moment as lucky as this

or maybe she’ll come to Austin
a…