when nannies used to make
sugar tits
out of hankies
and sugar
and a ribbon

and put it in the baby's mouth
and the baby would suck on the hankie with sugar
and the nanny would sing lullabies
maybe there would be a porch swing or a crib
there would definitely be wood
and heavy air that smelled like agriculture
like fresh
there would be birds back then.

the nanny would mend clothes too
or knit socks
and there was heavy songs
and heavy throaty voices
and sugar tits then