1433: Birthday Lights | Calef Brown
"Birthday Lights"
Calef Brown
Light bulbs on a birthday cake.
What a difference that would make!
Plug it in and make a wish,
then relax and flip a switch!
No more smoke
or waxy mess
to bother any birthday guests.
But Grampa says, “it’s not the same!
Where’s the magic?
Where’s the flame?
To get your wish without a doubt,
You need to blow some candles out!”
On this day in...
2011: "Poem for My Twentieth Birthday" by Kenneth Koch
2010: Weekend, no poem
2009: "I know you little, I love you lots" by Shel Silverstein
2008: "Today someone read me St. Francis of Assisi" by Fernando Pessoa
the stars are kissing your cheeks tonight
Calef Brown
Light bulbs on a birthday cake.
What a difference that would make!
Plug it in and make a wish,
then relax and flip a switch!
No more smoke
or waxy mess
to bother any birthday guests.
But Grampa says, “it’s not the same!
Where’s the magic?
Where’s the flame?
To get your wish without a doubt,
You need to blow some candles out!”
On this day in...
2011: "Poem for My Twentieth Birthday" by Kenneth Koch
2010: Weekend, no poem
2009: "I know you little, I love you lots" by Shel Silverstein
2008: "Today someone read me St. Francis of Assisi" by Fernando Pessoa
the stars are kissing your cheeks tonight