lullaby

• "my father's fingertips / pressing"
• "my mother's / crooked smile"
• "the planet opens a tunnel / where they meet"
• lack of capitals for locations (proper nouns) "pakistan" and "new york city"
• juxtaposition of "a man buried in pakistan" and "a woman buried in new york city"
• poem ends with "dark"
• laid out in couplets