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a birthday poem

6/29/2022

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last june i made fruit tarts
to mark a new year
and they were "really good!" 
except for i underbaked the shells
and couldn’t find peaches
and also the custard
wasn’t as smooth
as it could have been

but no matter
we finished them within the week
and when you said "i love you"
in front of my whole family 
i believed it easily

celebrating life means celebrating
moving too fast and
making the best of and 
still not getting it right
in the end

but enjoying
despite
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Caroline Fuller
7/7/2022 10:41:13 pm

Britney, I love this so much :) The 'really good!' and 'when you said I love you in front of my family' lines are perfect. So much conveyed in so little. It reminds me a little of 'The Orange' by. Wendy Cope, for the combination of food and love and simple joy. Thank you so much for sharing this page with me

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britney
7/12/2022 05:14:55 pm

caroline, thank you for being a reader. i'm grateful for your thoughts! 'the orange' is one of my favorite poems. <3

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