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Birthdays

I've lived through rain and sleet and snow, but where did all my birthdays go? Behind the stool? Behind the chair? I've looked all over. They ain't there! When I was young time moved so slow, yet now I wonder, "Where'd it go?" I won't be sad or shed a tear. I'll celebrate the one this year! I've been alive a lot of years. My nose still grows, as do my ears. Can barely see and hardly hear, can't wait to see what breaks next year.

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Date: 12/19/2023 4:56:00 PM
Great idea! Loved the ending. Well done.
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Robert Zimmerman
Date: 12/19/2023 5:34:00 PM
Thank you, Matthew. I've had so many birthdays I can't keep them straight. ZIM
Date: 12/19/2023 7:25:00 AM
Being in my 70s, this poem puts a smile on my face, especially the last line.
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Robert Zimmerman
Date: 12/19/2023 5:30:00 PM
The last line comes from personal experience. I am a late septuagenarian myself.

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