walk or sleep

made my son
birthday cake
with lots of
chocolate icing

a bit too much
chocolate icing

and it sat
in a bowl
and
spoon by spoon
nibble by nibble
the bowl emptied
quickly
painlessly

and now
all those calories
need
to be
shaken off

but
bedtime

so if
I try to
shake off
the calories

I won't be
tired
enough
to sleep

and there's still
more cake
waiting patiently
on the table

for....