Naked & smiling

Make every

day

your birthday and

every night

meet your spectacular

demise

Take liberties

congratulating your own

particular now

magic

This is that time

when the fruit

is ripe

This is that time

when the iron

is hot

Open to

closeness with strangers

and delight in awkward

silences with

the people you know

and barely know

Make every

sunset

your birthright

and every dusk

die wise

because after

all is reconciled

Remind someone today

how it feels to be

singing

Don't wait for beginnings

(disguised as endings)

to convince you

you're less than alive

Make every

day

your birthday and

every night

meet your spectacular

demise