07DEC03 Birthday

It was a quiet day,
we all were sleeping late
the dark comfort of the
heavy window dressings,
Blocking the cold
and the light
not enough light to wake us
enough to make us think it
is much earlier than it really is
and we drowse thru another day
seeking Connections thru the computer
knowledge and the laundry lays undone
and you're angry and I'm depressed
and neither one of us can turn back the clock
not today, if we try hard, if we want it,
But today is her birthday and she is 9
and she is getting smarter than us,
and she said "stop being cruel"
and you were taken aback.
Her Birthday, and i'm over the theme
and I don't know who i'd invite to a party for you
and I can't think how I'd pay for it
I don't want it to be just a day
but that's all it is just another day in paradise
we've got kung fu and the boy won't put his pants on
and she settles for her plain cake with candles
and I make a video of us singing happy birthday to you
in the dark with the candles lighting your face
and the end is dark.
and i wonder will she forgive me when she's older