The Birthday Gift
I was with a party of girls at break
Time, when one of them proposed to ask me
What it is I wanted for my birthday.
All of the girls were listening closely
When I told them I would like some perfume
Lavender. That was all I had in mind.
Both my parents had only me in mind,
They were emotional, their voice would break,
When they asked me what I wanted. Perfume
Lavender, I said. When people asked me
What I wanted for my sixteenth, closely
Listening. What I want for my birthday?
What I really wanted for my birthday,
I wasn't fussed about. Nothing in mind.
Just get me what they'd like. I don't closely
Care much. Stop asking me, give me a break.
Please, their own ideas on presents for me,
It needn't be the lavender perfume.
On my sixteenth birthday I wore perfume
And had the girls around for my birthday
It's exciting. What did they all get me?
They gathered round, I had their gifts in mind.
Hope they'd not get me something that would break
Too easy. Peering at my face closely,
My friends were paying attention closely.
I opened my first gift. It was perfume
Lavender. 'Thanks, Molly..' My voice would break.
The second gift I got for my birthday
.. . Was some lavender perfume. In my mind,
Not again. 'Thanks Hugh for thinking of me..'
The third gift: 'Some more lavender for me?'
I hope that mum was listening closely
More perfume was not what I had in mind
When I opened the fourth present. Perfume
Again! Thanks a lot mum! What a birthday!
My mates were in laughter. Give me a break.
No original gifts for me. Please break
This closely nuisance of copied birthday