“Go, go, go, go, go, go
Go shorty, it’s your birthday
We gonna party like it’s your birthday
We gonna sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday
And you know we don’t give a fuck it’s not your birthday.”
– 50 Cent, In Da Club
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“It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you.”
– Lesley Gore, It’s My Party
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The space between hedonism and despair. The pendulum can swiftly swing from one to another on a birthday.
Today happens to be mine.
How I feel today, truly, I’d rather keep to myself.
If any gift can suffice, I give myself the space to play the spectrum of emotions in private.
But whatever the ratios, I’m certain to experience the extremes of emotions. I’m grateful.
Experience means I am alive to celebrate and enjoy another year. The greatest of gifts.
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