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I filled
a
cart
with all the things
I want to buy you
for your birthday
knowing I’ll never
click
purchase
or call you
at
9:37
to honor your mother’s memory
again
this year
I’ll light a candle
for your
number
blocked
so I don’t have to
hear
your
voice
or know
how
your
child
bride
bids
our
child
to oblige
this
happy
birthday
song
my therapist
says
I’m window shopping
for the fantasy
where I can
almost
have
it
all
where I somehow keep my
head
in the matter
while I watch you
have your cake
and
eat
it
too
About the Creator
Cali Loria
Over punctuating, under delivering.
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