Rob Schackne () "I read today that 17 people"

I read today that 17 people
are confirmed born in Antarctica.
Frigid air is forever a fond mother.
In a place we think is unknown to original language.
Where there's no word for the midnight sun.
Three wise penguins each carry an egg
to slip in with the infant. They wave
to the plane that takes them away.
The little girl raises the birds as her own
and every morning before school she opens
the fridge and lets them dance.