POEM "Birthday"

 

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 Birthday

By Richard H. Fay

A year older,
A year wiser
(or so I hope).
A year older,
A year bolder
(or so I trust).
A year older,
A year shrewder
(or so I think).
A year older,
A year wasted
(or so I fear).
A year older,
A year more jaded
(or so it seems).
A year older,
A year nearer death
(Or so I dread).