"Happy 38, Emily Kendal Frey!" [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]

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January 20, 2014

"Happy 38, Emily Kendal Frey!" [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]

EMILY KENDAL FREY (1/20)

A piece of chocolate cake.
A wedge of lemon pie.
This birthday poem is written to
Emily Kendal Frey.

I dunno what I can do.
I never refuse to comply.
This birthday poem is written to
Emily Kendal Frey.

Potter and Otter and you.
And Dickens and Pickens and I.
This birthday poem is written to
Emily Kendal Frey.

I bet I know somebody who
Adores you and now you know why
This birthday poem is written to
Emily Kendal Frey.

☎

Miss Emily Kendal Frey!
Impossible! don’t even try!
These lions and tigers, oh my!
Are for Emily Kendal Frey!

Miss Emily Kendal Frey!

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SATELLITE QUATRAIN CALLED “EVERYBODY LUZZ YOU”

Gwendolyn’s bent upon you.
Like Wendell and Mendel and I.
This birthday poem is written to
Emily Kendal Frey.

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Posted by Anthony Madrid on January 20, 2014 at 03:57 AM in Birthday Poems | Permalink

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