A Birthday Candle
Thirty today, I saw
The trees flare briefly like
the candles on a cake,
as the sun went down the sky,
a momentary flash,
yet there was time to wish.
-- Donald Justice
With a tip of the old fedora to Leah Iannone.
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June 11, 2009
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