a birthday coming soon
i don't know what to say
i'll be sad if alone yet
i am alone in my head
been that way for years
moved around too much
because of kids and jobs
then there's the martyr
always interesting to be
what can we say of this day
how did you or i introduce it
did we give it gifts or kind words
and make room for everything
coming and going without rancor
or was it another pantomime
a production proclaiming us
while others are seen captive
witnesses only to watch
please hold your applause
a birthday coming soon
i can give the notion up
of being completed or divided
based on what i've thought
or anything i dared to dream
by recognizing the time
the rest was shaving in the mirror
being here is the highest thing
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July 8, 2021
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