some say
it's your birthday––
i say
you are ageless!!!
no one understands
the ways of this world
better than
you!!!
your smile
is always as radiant
as forever!!!
they talk about
fusion energy––
but you have
all the power
of a disciplined
soul.
you expressed yourself
in generations
of well-trained
children––
in the gentile
intelligence
of Pamela––
& in your well-polished
grand kids!!!
of course,
there is you & Jerome––
two stars––
a singular constellation
in the heavens
for all of us
to see!!!