{"id":1734,"date":"2026-05-21T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:51:20","slug":"list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I've sent you my wish list, she says.
I check my phone; a notification:
her Google Docs link.

I open it:
color-coded audacity
line after line of hyperlinked expectations.

One click and the item pulls up
in her size, color, specifications.

Her list contains multitudes:
1. bracelets with pearls and porcelain;
4. watches with color and velcro.
5. shirts without backs;
6. shirts with more holes than fabric.
7. Shirts from other countries (but the tariffs!);
8. \"Studio Seven Designs Gift Card.\"

5. Shorts with names like \"high rise hotty hot shorts\" 
\u2014shorts with inseams like \"2.5 inches\"
\u2014shorts with prices like \"$68 plus tax and shipping.\"

Shorts with fly-away sides 
cut up to the hip bone.
A spot where I'd myself
attach a side blade,
were I an Amazon goddess.

Speaking of Amazon
more links, to drinkware:
2. Owala this, Owala that.
3. Owala with the fruit;
Owala with the cap.

This, I cannot stand.
I search up a key requirement:
\"Are Owala bottles dishwasher safe?\"
\"Hand wash recommended.\"
I screenshot the evidence; 
add it into her list as a suggested edit.

Off somewhere else in the house, 
I hear a sigh.
I receive a notification:
\"Your edit has been accepted.\"

I keep scrolling. 
Overall, her lists are 
becoming more reasonable.
I mean, sort of.

Last year, she asked for a 
sectional sofa from Pottery Barn 
for her bedroom;
forbade anyone else to sit on it.

This year, 
her list ends with Capitalist grabs:
9. AE Gift Card
10. Aerie Gift Card
11. Pottery Barn Gift Card.

It goes on:
\"12. Edikted Gift Card\" 

\u2014 Pause: I have to look this up \u2014

Oh dear.<\/em>

I's a mash-up of Forever 21
and 2000s Playboy cover outfits
\u2014unlined crochet tie-front wrap tops
a young woman posing next 
to a locker holding her stiletto spike
denim shirts that could be mistaken for belts \u2014
and whatever a
 \"backless low neck mini dress\" is.
All these tiny garments,
 targeted to underage teens.
I'm too old 
and she's too young for this.

My eyes 
and my browser 
need a cleanse.
Next<\/em>.

13. Florence By Mills Gift Card
Hmm Millie Bobbie Brown's brand
\u2014possible, maybe \u2014

Ah, in case all else fails
she has written:
\"14. Money.\"

My little girl is growing up.
She's found her voice
she's found her tastes
and now I guess I need to find my wallet.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cList\u201d an observational poem about a teenish child’s birthday wish list. Written Thursday, May 21, poem 141 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: “Wish List,” a child’s dreams for an upcoming birthday, Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[865,361,1157],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-poems","tag-may","tag-spring","tag-thursday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1791,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions\/1791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}