how_to_hold
ovenbird
My
daughter
rushes
home
to
tell
me
about
the
baby
chicks
she
got
to
meet
at
school
.
She
tells
me
about
their
soft
,
yellow
bodies
,
all
fluff
and
sweetness
so
extreme
it
stretches
the
ability
to
contain.
She
tells
me
that
she
learned
how
to
hold
them
:
“
You
have
to
hold
them
in
two
hands
,”
she
says
,
so
earnestly,
her
eyes
stars
. “
You
have
to
hold
them
so
gently
in
two
hands
and
hold
your
two
hands
close
to
your
chest
,
like
this
,”
she
says
and
cups
hands
to
her
sternum
. “
You
have
to
hold
them
close
because
they
like
to
be
warm
,
and
if
you
hold
them
close
in
two
hands
they
will
feel
safe
.”
This
is
how
we
should
hold
each
other
’s
hearts
,
I
think
to
myself
.
These
are
instructions
for
love
.
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