The Hamlet Project

Everyone is pregnant
Waiting to be delivered of his or her own private marvels.
When the marvel comes,
Admiration pours in from all sides
And those of whom it is delivered
Become its ardent lovers.
Robyn (upon becoming a parent) asked what part of our biology
Gives us the instant belief that our children
Are the most marvelous of all the marvels in the world.
It is a smart trick of evolution
To make it so
That every child is held as treasure
To its admiring parents.