Publication

Oh what joy;
What jubilation!
Wondrous feelings of elation!
Ten days 'til my book comes out!

According to my
Calculation:
Nine more days of aggravation
I must find a place to pout.

Eight more days!
My irritation
Is no mere exaggeration:
I've tacked the count down to the wall.

Seven days!
The gravitation
Of this rabid adoration
Is apparent after all:

Concerned friends
And close relations
Gather mounting hesitations
As the fifth day rolls around.

Halfway there!
Such jubilation
Coupled with intense vexation -
Four more days and counting down!

Three days more
To publication:
Full of vig'rous animation
Now nothing can placate me

Is it my lifelong
Allocation
To stew in this unkind frustration?
Two more days - how lovely.

ONE MORE DAY!
This installation
Had best be worth my aggravation
(I wish it would come early).

It's here! Out of
My pathination
Or meet my fearsome wrathination!
'Till some new writing calls me.