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birthdays
March 21, 2023
my mom's hushed, smiling whisper
in pajamas, to a front-facing phone camera
the little blinking record light
today is so-and-so's birthday
before the bedroom door creaked open
i followed in the back
as a sleepy sibling awoke, rubbing eyes
or pretends to awake, blinking in the near-darkness
light switch is flicked on, fluorescent light dawns in the room
and someone starts singing happy birthday,
only to be immediately joined by a small, off-key choir
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