"Birthday Blues"

She's right.
I do do everything
at last minute.

Her tears were my own.
I, too, hated the idea
you can't always get

what
you
want

and here we are again,
gathering at last minute
the ingredients for celebration

of the birth
of our dear one.

Isn't there a better way
to celebrate
what is

than by clinging
to what
is not?