<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=497185" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What Is Really The Gift You Give Me On My Birthday?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">what you hand is a box with a reb ribbon<br>you say it is your gift on my birthday<br>and i open it<br>it is an orange cake<br>with sweet mango slices as toppings<br>and a lone cherry on top of<br>a mound of chocolate<br>and some green candles<br>telling me my exact age<br>and this matchstick<br>to light the wicks</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the cake is on the table <br>and i stand right there surrounded<br>by all of you<br>singing the birthday song<br>and the time comes for my <br>making a wish and the blowing<br>of the little flames of my age</div><div style="margin:10px 0">after the party you all live one by <br>one like stars fading at dawn<br>and i am left alone with all<br>the litters and the laughters<br>that stick on the walls and<br>curtain and the giggles that<br>spill on the table cloth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the gift is not the box<br>it is not the cake it is not the cherry<br>it is not the little green candles<br>that speak of my age<br>it is not the flame because i <br>blow them all <br>it is not even the wish that i make <br>for myself because they are all mine<br>secretly seeping in the crevices of my cranium</div><div style="margin:10px 0">what is the gift really that you give me on my birthday<br>i know it and you know it<br>how can we not tell each other sometime?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=497185" data-title="What Is Really The Gift You Give Me On My Birthday? de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="what you hand is a box with a reb ribbon you say it is your gift on my birthday and i open it it is an orange cake with sweet mango slices as toppings and a lone cherry on top of a mound of chocolate and some green candles telling me my exact age ..."></div> </div> </div>

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