One Year Old

You are soft buddha,
little blimp

in a black and white
world---

either warm/cold
edible/inedible.

Alternatives
your plumbing understands
automatically---

smile/frown
suck/vomit

and both ends of your sewer
obey.

Each puckered orifice
as dependable

as your bottom-heavy,
self-righting

shape.