A/N: Written for the Freeverse Frenzie Competition, poem 43. Also for table 10 on prompt central, prompt #009: Baby. The characters in this are Akito's parents.
A Basket of Rice Balls
9. Baby
Her husband
already had a name
for him
Or her –
but she didn't want a girl.
Already, the unborn babe had taken
too much – of those eyes rightfully hers.