A curse, not heard

He cursed the day-
she was born
banging doors to be heard
cursed day
cursed child
blamed it on the woman
who he never should have taken in
cursed baby
pink and chubby-
cried when she was born
cried when she should have slept
day,
night,
while he tried to sleep
pillow wrapped around his head
not enough to muffle the sound
cried-
after feeding
before
while he sat down with his meal
cursed crying child
cried-
after bathing
before
he wished for a deeper pail to bathe her
cursed child,
he did
born on a day that was cursed
cursed the rain
that fell in a never ending stream
while he toiled in the field
cursed the thunder that cracked through
the sky
cursed the lightning
that danced
cursed the harvest that was lost
cursed the moon that was hidden
the night he planted
that seed