Chekhov's Mistress
Happy Birthday
It’s my b-day today, but I’m away, so in my stead, I offer what’s read, to people who mostly just play…
If we didn’t have birthdays, you wouldn’t be you.
If you’d never been born, well then what would you do?
If you’d never born, well then what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob! or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes.
Or worse than all that…Why, you might be a WASN’T!
A Wasn’t has no fun at all. No, he doesn’t.
A Wasn’t just isn’t. He just isn’t present.
But you…You ARE YOU! And, now isn’t that pleasant!
From Dr. Seuss’s Happy Birthday to You! my kid’s favorite for the moment.
comments
Happy Birthday, Bud, and I hope you’re celebrating, wherever you are.
– James Marcus (07/19 at 11:02 AM)
hey i just discovered this blog… great work…
and btw happy birthday…
– Tanmay Sharma (07/19 at 02:15 PM)
Hey Bud,
Happy Birthday, well technically I guess it’s Happy Belated Birthday.
Hope it was a great one.
– Mary Reagan (07/20 at 11:46 PM)
Happy belated birthday!!!
I love the poem. A friend’s daughter--7 or 8, upon learning that we all die, said, “well, if I’d known that, I wouldn’t have come!”
I’m glad you made it here!!! Many happy returns.
– Anne Fernald (07/23 at 03:21 PM)
Happy Birthday! Well done.
Haven’t visited for some time; love the new look.
– Christine (07/24 at 10:22 PM)
Many happy returns, Bud!
– Amy (07/25 at 12:52 AM)
happy belated birthday, bud!
– Carolyn (07/25 at 11:18 AM)
Happy birthday!
– Dan (07/25 at 02:45 PM)
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: July 19, 2007
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Song of Myself: Diary
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