Happy Birthday, Viejo
-Geoff O’Keeffe
01.02.17, 1000 h.
Born in the cold
dark of winter
hoping to die
on a summer solstice
one bright day.
Reading alone with
coffee and a bagel
young red-cheeked humans
with time on their hands
unaware.
Baldwin said,
“To act is to be committed
to be committed is to
be in danger.”
So I begin again.
Happy birthday you
self-illuminating,
fuck-up of a
leathery old
meat bag.
Now, you can finally
sing that Beatles song
and put it into
the distant past.
Take a breath, viejo.
Happy Birthday!
Remember those great words from Tea House of the August Moon;
“Pain makes Man Think/ Wisdom makes Man Wise / Wisdom makes Life Endurable!”
…..You’re never too old to laugh at yourself — loud and long!
Hope it was a great day!
Happy Birthday meat-bag