Today I congratulate you on another successful trip around the sun!
May your next trip be better
faster
wilder
so you have to dig your nails into the dirt as the orbit rolls on
all seven billion of us screaming
in harmony as the planets stream past…
one! two! eight!
…the trees torched by friction
the windowpanes shattered
the Rockies worn down to nubs
us huddled in our bomb shelters praying for mercy…
…and when you wake up on your birthday next year,
we’ll say
“My, how the year flew by
and anyway weren’t we just celebrating your birthday yesterday?”
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Today is the birthday of my wonderful little sister, Kristin! I wrote this by way of celebration. Kristin, I hope your next trip around the sun is a wonderful one, and lasts longer than 24 hours, because otherwise we’re all going to need a landscaper to take care of all the damage from your wild, wild “year”!
Now go eat something shaped like a dinosaur. Now.
This poem definitely made me smile, I hope your sister liked it too!
Thanks so much! 😀 I don’t write poetry that often — I’m glad to know it came out nicely.