the way I see it...

here's how I look at it-

without that flag in the background,

I wouldn't have the nugget in the foreground.

(the cute one-

not the little white trembling ball of nerves)-

In most other countries

adoption is frowned upon-

and infertility seen as a demon.

Here,

it is celebrated-

and called Bugsy.

Only because I live here,

have I ever been called

mom.

Happy Freedom Day.