the celebration
of birthdays is
patently absurd

you
half of you
was the fastest
sperm

that’s all

you grew
from tiny
parasite
into
full blown
body horror

your mother
endured
one of the
singular
most traumatic
physical events
forcing a melon
out of a ten
centimeter hole

then
just to add
a bit of
insult to
grievous bodily injury
she is forced
to bake a cake
in celebration
of being broken

people laugh
when i tell them
happy celebration
of womb evacuation
rather than
happy birthday
but really
what in the hell
did you do besides
forcefully get
evicted from
your first home

cool
you did it
but remember
it just gets
weirder
from here