Tiny Tot, So Cute Poem by Ananta Madhavan

Tiny tots are cute because they seem unaware
Of what they mean for us, who see in them
The innocence of infant life: something we lost
While learning to beware as we became aware
Of waiting on life.

Behold that infant, standing full three feet tall,
The smug expression mimicking grand-dad
Gulping the last morsel of his buttered toast.
There may be a lick of jam from the spoon.
Baby learns to taste the future.