Today is my birthday.
I will celebrate by
giving away everything
I own to total strangers.
I will board and shutter
all entrances to my home,
destroy all routes of access.
I will accept no gifts
lectures or philosophies.
I do not suffer well the chants
of lingering celebrations, life's
failed anticipations gone awry.
By some freak accident I have
lived this long but before this
day is done I will make odds
with death's keeper that
I don't survive another year.
I will celebrate by
giving away everything
I own to total strangers.
I will board and shutter
all entrances to my home,
destroy all routes of access.
I will accept no gifts
lectures or philosophies.
I do not suffer well the chants
of lingering celebrations, life's
failed anticipations gone awry.
By some freak accident I have
lived this long but before this
day is done I will make odds
with death's keeper that
I don't survive another year.