Today we saw your first picture.
You are floating in a fluid sac
You curled your fist and moved your leg. Dancing?
Has mom been singing a lively Latin number to you?
There is a rhythm in that picture
We did not know until today
whether frilly dresses and dolls or baseball hats scooters
would be in store for you
Now we know from this technological miracle
For months you lay warm and fluid
waving now and then or moving your legs to music
What will you be?
What will you do Little Valentina in years to come?
Sing? Dance?
Join dad on the court to snag a basket or two
or race him down some ski slope
Whatever you do, whatever you become
when you leave your safe heaven
your beautiful picture of today
is of Little Valentina getting ready to make her debut
She will never be quite so secure as now
where she waves and kicks and tells the world
who she really is.