belated birthday

birthday
birth date
birth 

of a legendary
son-of-a-gun

another plastered artist
making microscopic images
the more minuscule
the better
digital go-getter
a red-letter-day
a birthday
with the world
in close-up
in fine-grained detail

fly in the ointment
all compound eyes
staring down
the bottom
of a celebration pint

toast it with the most
it’s the birthday that matters
we’re all mad as hatters
ring another number
on the calendar

raise 

another glass
raise hell 

do it well
anticipate 

celebrate
inebriate 

sober up

ready 

for the next one
yours or someone else’s
birthday on the brain
do it all again

© BH, 2021

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For a birthday, someone older than he should be. Don’t ask…