A friend of mine, Birthday Ninety
Received a card, Happy Eighty.
Hard to know what to make of this:
Could be the sender’s not remiss -
Felt she looks young and spry, that age.
But other factors hard to gauge:
(“There’s no demand for Ninety cards -
All gone by then - forget Regards”).
Further there were some suggestions
Including for example, mentions
Of return to the envelope,
Where perchance one could always hope
A Happy Ten-Year Birthday card
Might total it right – occasion unscarred…..