Shopping is enlightening
Christmas gifts abundant
Put more emphasis on a toy than a can of tuna
My kid would rather have the toy
But he will complain his belly hurts later
Does one need to suffer no matter?
He is tired, and will be weak
Or bored and oblique
Felt left out of something
Food or drink, Play or make
He is lonely because nobody else to him is him
Kids do center the world around the self
But the self is made abundant under multiple observations similar
Hard of hearing he says he’s trying
Just had another, maybe it will cure my slumber
Slumber from the weather
Slumber from the pressure
Of being a good mom, or at least acceptable
But how if only one is possible
More sacrifice wouldn’t it be nice
If it didn’t hurt, just be able to blurt
What you feel, to get clarification it is real
I am enlightened, I bought the tuna.
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