Take birthdays as Exhibit "A"...they make you special for one day. |
You wear the hat, you pop balloons, you may play games or watch cartoons, |
You stuff yourself with pop and chips, and stronger stuff may pass your lips. |
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But if you are the one and only, that is when it can get lonely. |
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I sent out special invitations to my friends and my relations, |
But none of them could come. Their reason? "It's the hibernation season". |
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All by myself I wore my hat, climbed up here, and here I sat |
Waiting for the fun to start, but with a very heavy heart. |
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For a while the silence roared, and I felt all sad and bored. |
Then I started softly humming, and familiar words kept coming. |
"Happy Birthday, Merv," I sang. Through my mind the chorus rang, |
Reminding me of birthdays past. How time moves along so fast! |
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"Tempus fidget" (time does fly)There's no time to sit and cry. |
"Carpe diet!" (eat your fish) So, I made a birthday wish, |
Blew out the candles, scarfed the cake. Then I saw my big mistake. |
The calendar up on the wall was showing Spring instead of Fall. |
It had not been turned for months! Whoa! Do I look like a dunce! |
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I felt so silly, but at least I'll have a second birthday feast |
In something less than half a year when my friends don't disappear. |
I'm sending notices that say, "Come celebrate my real birthday". |
The invitations say, in essence, "I don't need gifts, but crave your presence." |