Luxury

On an evening when the desert
Sky kept just enough sunset clouds
And brought just enough canyon breeze

To lure you outside for the charm
Of the bright goldfish cumulus
And the touch of the cooling air,

The young neighbor couple came out
As well, for the first time in weeks,
To show you their new baby, Jack,

All of two weeks old and sleeping,
And offered to let you hold him,
Which you did, gratefully. He slept

Through the careful transfer. He slept
Steadily, nearly silently,
Breathing softly within your arms.

You watched his tiny, precise face
And felt the jolt of where you were
In your life, where he was in his,

Like an arc encircling you both,
As if a circuit had been closed,
No relation but the human.