Birthdays

Forgot mine this year
when did they become a chore

I laughed
as a child
at that ridiculous
plot hole
how could anyone forget their birthdays

and why

Now I laugh at that child

they are easy to unremember

I spent mine this year
in an emergency room

watching glass-cut flesh get sewn
how fragile
everything is
even that certainty I once held

Nobody
Nobody forgets their own birthday