Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.
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There are things I should have told you sooner.
I cannot set your cake down or straighten the candle leaning toward the window.
Thirty does not need advice wrapped in a birthday card. It needs room for the life
My daughter brings light to the day, then moves all the candles away; she says, “Keep the cake,
You light your own candles now, choose the restaurant, bring wine to our table.
Eight balloons lean on the ceiling. Eight strawberries guard the cake. Eight friends arrive too loudly.
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