poemranker ::Happy Birthday by jessicazee

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Free verse № 154731

Happy Birthday

Member since 2002 · Posted 20 Dec 2007 · 3 comments

I want to cut your hair every day, not because I want to change you, although a few feathers - a wisp of Irish Pub Gray, a carved bit of groom might sidle up nicely to my winter-chafed face. I give you my lips, chapped; a dry radiated goodnight on your numberless birthday eve. A razor for a gift.

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[9] Dovina 21-Dec-07/11:13 AM Reply
The Christmas timing makes me wonder and chuckle. But I think it's tender and not Christmasey, but affectionate and giving. At least that's my take on it.
[9] Ranger 21-Dec-07/3:02 PM Reply
Aside from the punctuation not scanning well at the start (it's the hyphen that threw me) this is excellent.
[10] INTRANSIT 23-Dec-07/11:00 AM Reply
I don't know what you're doing. I just know it's working.