Friday, December 6, 2013

happy birthday to you

i am awakened
at seven past two
a.m. by a loud
happy birthday
song. apparently
the party
across the yard
is still
going.

i know
i should
use this
opportunity
to write
down the first
thing that comes
to mind,
but i'm hung over
and it seems like
a bad
idea.

they sing, and
when she blows
the candles out
they sing some
more.

i lay in bed
and listen
with a splitting
headache and nothing
to write
about.