Cake and Howling

at 8 p.m. the howling started

(the same time we saluted the health care workers months ago)

and now, we howl, because

that's what we do, to each other,

tonight

we heard in the howl a call for cake

to celebrate this new life.

Isaac.

and there were others, too,

Michael and Kim holding their two...

a grandmother, two dogs, mothers

and fathers, singles, a gay couple,

a black woman who works at Google,

all eyes, though, were on baby Isaac,

the newest wonder in the world.