birthday


      do i remember 
      or do i only dream 
      that pink that fluted white & sometimes foil
      that fell that falls
      like snow in philadelphia

      this woman looks like betty
      (crocker)
      huntington - dupont

      & i would pace the second floor
      dreaming of some other world

      & i would stalk the second floor
      of memory and dreams
      armed with candy sprinkles - jimmies
      or what you will

      holding the hand of lonely millionaires
      who also lost - their - 

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