Wednesday, October 5, 2011

sweet time (for jelly bean)

well, you've eaten the head off your Scorpion cake;
i hope you're proud of yourself.















five years ago yesterday --
no, the day before yesterday --
my body thought it could handle you.

boy, was it wrong. and sore.

forty hours and one operation later,
a nurse handed you to your dad.

took you back, wiggled you a little,
had you cry the pink into your toes,
and handed you back.

you always do what you want.

in your own frigging sweet time.

2 comments:

  1. too true! "c'mon Benny, let's go! let's go! c'mon, this way, let's go! can you just walk straight please?"

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  2. all my sons are like this...they're own friggin sweet time indeed

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