There comes a time at 2:00am when baby cries and he is not whet and not hungry just wants attention. I�ll still give anything to hold my boy but mommy and daddy need their sleep. And then one glorious night he finds his thumb and the 2:00am wake ups are all over. I wrote the poem �The Thumb� as a tribute to that wonderful discovery of his, the thumb. The photo was taken a few months later. The light coming in was just right. He was tired enough to want his thumb. Having his sister stand to my left and calling is name; with on camera flash for fill I was able to get this shot. Some work in Photoshop and I end up with this 21 X 13 inch, 20.6MB 162ppi image of my son sucking his thumb with the poem imported from QuarkXpress as an eps. After reducing the size and the JPG compression I�m not to sure how readable the poem still is, so here are the first 5 stanzas (I would post the whole poem but it is quite long): The Thumb My boy, my boy, sucking your thumb, so cute and so quiet. May I ask? What does it taste like? My daddy, my daddy, so big and so wise. Do you not know? It tastes like: Waking up all warm and cozy. My boy, my boy, sucking your thumb, so cute and so quiet. May I ask? What does it taste like? My daddy, my daddy, so big and so wise. Do you not know? It tastes like: Finding my soft and cushy toy. My boy, my boy, sucking your thumb, so cute and so quiet. May I ask? What does it taste like? My daddy, my daddy, so big and so wise. Do you not know? It tastes like: Having you pick me up over your head and give me a jiggle. My boy, my boy, sucking your thumb, so cute and so quiet. May I ask? What does it taste like? My daddy, my daddy, so big and so wise. Do you not know? It tastes like: Your smile when you see my toothless grin. My boy, my boy, sucking your thumb, so cute and so quiet. May I ask? What does it taste like? My daddy, my daddy, so big and so wise. Do you not know? It tastes like: Being all clean, powdered and fresh. If you wish to read the hole thing fallow this web address to poetry shared.com (same screen name), it is similar to this site but for poems. http://www.poetryshared.com/poem_view.php?poemID=8894