Happy Birthday

nearly your birthday

but you’re not here

no wishes are coming your way

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I think of all the things you are missing

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like family and friends

and sunshine and rain

and covid-19

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I want to put you back together

so I can slap you senseless

tell you how much you were loved

and that you left for nothing

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those voices told lies

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a defiant scornful laugh

in the face of much pain

get the hell out of my dreams

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I’m still angry

with you

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Copyright September 2020