some surprises are good

like your dad, tonight,
when he realized we were all there
to wish him a happy birthday
his seventy fifth, and you, late
again, missed his tears it was quite
touching, he genuinely had no idea
his family and friends would gather
together to honor him, he missed
all the clues lost as he is in his own world i
recognise , no disrespect we all
collide, some just notice it more than others
we sat in the back of the restaurant
by the big picture window your sister, her lover
 and his daughter ,her childhood friend and i
were the on time ones yelling surprise happy birthday
surprise! it took him a moment to understand
a split second of bewilderment at this
unexpected twist, why his birthday is tomorrow, even.
when you and the rest of the guys showed up
it was anticlimatic, but at least you made it.
i told the bee you only have to spot me a 30 mins
but with him you better make it two hours
i brought a present, no one else did. i mean what do you get
for a guy that has two of everything. i'm really glad
though i d didn't get what my seventy year ld
aunt suggested-a blow job. even though i'm sure he'd
be surprised it it's just
i wasn't prepared to spend that kind of money.























&*(((