birthday cake

mark each day on your calendar
it's a celebration
every day is that day's birthday
don't forget to put your card and your dollar in the mail

going through life trying not to think about it
someone's                 gonna              die        today
a random tuesday
this random tuesday ain't random no more

elton john talks about candles in the wind
and marilyn monroe jumps out of cakes
while jfk dreams of 1962
when we were all younger

grandpa cal got old and josh got sad
death killed everyone i love
dad taught me how to shoot a gun before i was strong enough to hold one

here's to the jc penny memories
when we left our phones in our '57 chevys
catalogs of two dimensional people
forever smiling
back when death wore neck ties and fedoras