50th Birthday Present Tomorrow At 48
Apparently tomorrow
Between the hour's
Of 10am and 1pm
I have recently earlier
this day just been informed
From my sister and 3 niece's
That i am to and should expect
a knock upon my house
downstairs front door
As my 50th birthday shall
arrive
And given that i am still
only 48 year's young
And my actual birthday isn't
even till mid November 12th
So confused was i left
wondering what on earth
in fact they we're implying
And should i now expect the
card accompanying it to
have this inscription on it
Just incase you do not make
it to the ripe old age of 50
All of us chipped in and thought
we would present you with this
parting gift
1 and some year's belated early
I hope you like it as it came
from the bottom of our heart
And pondered over it both
long and very hard
As we thought it sums up
who you really are and what
we think of you
And what you ask is to
come in that box
I will only be able to relay to you
tomorrow when it arrives
I alone can only pray and in
my wildest dreams this wish
Is it is a box wrapped up and stuffed
in old discarded newspaper
With 1 singular 50 pence
coin nothing more and
not neither in mint condition
And ferverently scratching head
and contemplating what the
he'll this gesture meant
I calmed and came to this
conclusion when the penny
eventually did drop
A single penny for every year
thus far i haved lived
And what better value to place
upon something as a life
so priceless
As demeaning and devaluing
it by adding countless pointless
zero's at the end
**** Update ****
What I received yesterday and was actually
in the box
Was this brand-new phone so as I can
keep in touch with them
I am currently typing this message out
to you now on
Which obviously cost a hell of a
lot more than 50 pence
In fact you would have to place a few zero
on at the end instead
And they obviously all had to club together
to buy me and pay for as in reality probably
can't afford it
Which without being or seeming totally ungrateful
as I am truly grateful and really like it
I honestly wish they hadn't and much
rather preferred
If they had not wasted it or spent that money
on something or someone else
As surely even to me there are or must be far
more deserving , important or in pressing need
of help
Than me myself or I am
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2021
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