Ducks in a Row

On a Sunday my first child was born,
on a Monday my second one.
The third and last was born on a Tuesday
on New Year’s Eve.
But wait. I’m not done.
For I was born on a Wednesday.
Like a family of ducks in a row in disguise,
surprise, surprise,
it was on a Thursday,
ever wise, my late husband,
Haigaz Kaboolian, father of my children,
had opened his eyes.
And one thing more.
It happened on Armenian Christmas,
January 7, 1904.
January 7 sums to 8.
1904 sums to 5.
That can stand for the 8th of May, Jane Roberts’ birthday, in this magical Kaboolian way.

Ute Herbig Kaboolian