A Poem For Today - Birthday Cake

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KEN DICKINSON

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Jun 26, 2021, 10:26:24 AM6/26/21
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Birthday Cake

 

Now isn’t it time

when the candles on the icing

are one two too many

too many to blow out

too many to count too many

isn’t it time to give up this ritual?

 

although the fiery crown

fluttering on the chocolate

and through the darkened room advancing

is still the most loveliest sight

among our savage folk

that have few festivals.

 

But the thicket is too hot and thick

and isn’t it time, isn’t it time

where the fires are too many

to eat the fire and not the cake

and drip the fires from my teeth

as once I had my hot hot youth.

 

Paul Goodman

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Isabel Torres-Carrilho

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Jun 28, 2021, 4:58:12 AM6/28/21
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Happy belated birthday Janet!
May this new spin around the sun be filled with peace, force and joy !

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jshirley

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Jul 1, 2021, 11:06:06 AM7/1/21
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Thank you so much Isabel!   Big hug


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John Jai Conley

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Jul 1, 2021, 1:13:25 PM7/1/21
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Happy Belated Birthday, Janet, for your hot hot dotage!

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