If there were no birthdays
(Wouldn’t this be true?)
There’d be no silly ages to measure me from you
And if there were no birthdays
There’d be no birthday cake
We’d still eat sweets, without a thought, to which day they were baked
And if there were no birthdays
There’d be no birthday bash
So we could look for better ways to spend our hard-earned cash
‘Cause if there were no birthdays
There’s nothing to return
Like presents bought in icky stores, no longer a concern
And if there were no birthdays
We wouldn’t have to buy
Those packs of broken candles in our pantry piled high
If there were no birthdays
There’d be no birthday week
No frame of time to act like an attention-grabbing freak
And if there were no birthdays
There’d be no birthday wish
That’s just as well since those things never work — not really — ish
If there were no birthdays
No birthday days at all
There wouldn’t be those Happy! posts on all our Facebook walls
And if there were no birthdays
Be it May or in December
There’d be no dates stuck in our heads, less numbers to remember
And if there were no birthdays
We’d live a longer time
There’d be no shortening of years as we move from our prime
But if there were no birthdays
Most folks would feel cheated
So what happens to this poem? Well, of course it is deleted.
editor’s note: it’s not bossy’s birthday, even though several of bossy’s esteemed council assumed it was in the comment section. this made bossy think about why she wrote this. she has no idea. and then bossy thought to check the date of when she began this blog and, lo and behold, tomorrow is i am bossy‘s 5th birthday!
Heide says
March 24, 2011 at 10:59 amHappy birthday Bossy!
Larainel says
March 24, 2011 at 11:01 amTheodore would be proud.
Teri says
March 24, 2011 at 11:05 amHave a wonderful birthday, Bossy.
Suzanne says
March 24, 2011 at 11:07 amHappy Birthday!
Elsewhere says
March 24, 2011 at 11:23 amHappy Un-Birthday!
bossy's friend amy says
March 24, 2011 at 11:23 amsince your birthday was last month – who’s birthday is it?
happy birthday whoever (whomever) you are!
BossysMom says
March 24, 2011 at 11:23 amand if there were no birthdays
Hallmark would just be crushed
so lets promote that no-birthday
you finish it Bossy….(I can’t do crushed!)
BOSSY says
March 24, 2011 at 11:28 amHah. It’s not Bossy’s birthday! So why this post today? Bossy has no idea!
KathyB says
March 24, 2011 at 12:23 pmLove the Cat’s hat on Bossy. Happy Birthday, blog.
Gramps says
March 24, 2011 at 1:14 pmHappy B-Day “I AM BOSSY”
My life is better since I found you—sort of
Dacia says
March 24, 2011 at 1:19 pmBossy did it today because today is *MY* birthday. Thanks, Bossy!!
Dacia says
March 24, 2011 at 1:29 pmOk, well, it is my birthday but probably not why Bossy posted this today.
Lovelyn says
March 24, 2011 at 4:09 pmBossy’s a poet too.
Bush Babe (of Granite Glen) says
March 24, 2011 at 5:21 pmHappy Birthday Dacia!
And Bossy’s Blog… clearly you subliminally knew this fact when you posted this delightful poem up today?
BB
Ruth says
March 24, 2011 at 6:22 pmHappy Birthday to dooce Ouhmmm I mean Bosssy’s BLOG!
Leaf Probably says
March 24, 2011 at 11:39 pmAh, well… Happy birthday to Bossy’s website, then?
Arli says
March 25, 2011 at 12:27 pmHappy Birthday “I am Bossy”!!!
foolery says
March 25, 2011 at 3:13 pmDammit, it’s SOMEBODY’S birthday — where’s my cake?
Happy Blogthday . . . Blirgthday? Birthdog? Whatever. To iambossy.com. And happy birthday to Dacia.
foolery says
March 25, 2011 at 3:14 pmI forgot — NAILED the poem, BOSSY. High fives.
Cactus Petunia says
March 25, 2011 at 4:18 pmHappy Birthday, dear Bossy
you’re still one of my faves
even after five years you’re still garnering raves
Here’s wishing you five more
or ten more, or twenty…just you
keep up the writing-you have readers aplenty!
Beth says
March 25, 2011 at 4:51 pmHappy Birthday iambossy.com!!!!!!!!!
Makya McBee says
March 26, 2011 at 7:45 amThis brings up something I’ve always been curious about…what exactly is he a doctor of?
brucee says
March 27, 2011 at 8:37 pmI like to happy post, but one more year is too most
if we were shy, i would try
to wish birthday to the sly host.
Jess says
March 28, 2011 at 12:25 amWait- we’re supposed to wait for birthdays to eat sweets?
Sparx says
March 29, 2011 at 6:15 am5th? 5th birthday? Did we start blogging on the same day?? Seems like yesterday, ah me.
mtmanor says
April 3, 2011 at 10:36 pmIf we didn’t have birthdays
We could be as happy as a Jehovah’s Witness?