Sunday, April 24, 2022

just one candle please

we forgo
the candles on the cake now.
it's the right
thing to do
at any age
past thirty or so.
who needs
to know
the number of years
or decades
we've survived
on this earth.
put one candle
in the middle and light it.
blow it out,
then eat
the largest slice
of cake
your stomach
can take.

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