The Birthday Girl Arrives

The Birthday Girl Arrives

All smiles, a new
freckle mustache,
yet more freckles
on her lips, only has met one
other girl with so many freckles.
An even bigger smile when she finally
gets her chocolate soufflé birthday cake
and we all sing happy birthday, two candles,
one for each decade.
Birthday cake, a narrated Namibian show!
Many slides of rocks called
diamictite and conglomerate, yielding

indisputable proof of glaciation.
her brother finally passes out on the couch.
bright eyed, she announces it's late and
we all go to bed.

Happy Birthday, Karen!