When Cheekbone Meets Eyeball

--(fingers crossed)--
everything will work out
just fine, but Eye
is a bitch on Sundays
prone to slipped discs &
temper tantrums while Cheek-
bone suffers fits of seasonal
allergies (ragweed, dust mites
& the like): itchy knee-
caps & swollen
glands, but the worst
will come when Cheek & Eye
(Bone & Ball, in certain circles),
having settled into their
stomachy little dwelling with
a satisfying pop & fizz,
watch Eye's belly swell, ready
to burst with a bundle (sack,
really) of the sweetest little
creature ever born--
as sharp & bouncy
as a superball shard:
they shall call him
Emilio & he will have
his father's eyebrows,
his mother's lips
& a flippered left arm.