Happy Unbirthday
one day
Alice happens upon
a tea party in the woods
where there is singing
at the table
and the table is long
and full of good stuff
and there’s plenty of seating
to be had
so, Alice takes a seat
and the Rabbit and the Mad Hatter
don’t even realize she’s there
until she starts clapping
when they finish singing
she thinks they were singing
the Happy Birthday song
and that it’s somebody’s birthday
but the Rabbit and the Mad Hatter
immediately correct her
“My dear child, this is not a Birthday Party,” exclaims the Rabbit
“Of course not, this is an Unbirthday Party,” says the Mad Hatter
they go on to tell her that there’s only one Birthday each year
so, that leaves 364 Unbirthdays in a year
Alice then realizes that today is her Unbirthday!
and so the Rabbit and the Mad Hatter start singing again
and they bring out an upside-down birthday cake
and Alice makes a wish and blows out her candle
and fireworks appear in the sky
maybe, the moral of the story is
to enjoy each day as if it were, indeed, your birthday party
think the Rabbit and the Mad Hatter
would toast to that
with tea
(source: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
TL