This premature father of three—despite with
Hairline receding
Imperceptibly and belly growing
Rounder and rounder—remains,
Technically, an awfully innocent
Youngster.
The age when Christ was crucified?
How daunting the thought!
Rain down on me, good Heavens, pourings of
Enlightenment’s
Eau de vie.
Colin Lee
A pennyworth of birthday afterthought. Linking this to dVerse’s Quadrille #57 – Don’t rain on my parade!
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The Pescetarian Poet 
Most excellent! Love the last line.
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Morning Q! Not a french speaker myself, but its English counterpart doesn’t seem to carry both the spirituous and spiritual connotations. Anyway, thank you for reading. 🙂
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Loved the closing verse! Guess it’s a celebration? If so, cheers!
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Thank you very much! Cheers to you. 😉
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Technically, we all remain youngsters! This is a delightful read. Happy Birthday, my friend. (Mine was two days ago. A toast to us both!)
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Thank you, Jilly! And a happy belated birthday to you too! Mine was the 18th; I see you’re only a day younger than me then. Lovely! 😉
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Haha! Glad to know you are older than me! 😉
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Happy belated…birthday and adulthood 😉 Cheers, Colin!
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Birthday is gone, but adulthood is still pending. 😉 Thank you so much, dear Lynn.
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many happy returns! love that you are always young at heart, one of the best qualities of a father, you will always connect with your children and an amazing partner for your wife. wishing you many blessings and a memorable year ahead dear Colin!
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Thank you, Gina! 🙂
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Happy birthday!
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Cheers, Frank! 🙂
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I love the magical middle aged spread and the epiphany of the man who stays forever young at heart! Great Poem, Colin.
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Middle age? Not yet, not yet … It was merely a warm-up. Still got a whole century to go. 😉 Thank you, sir. Forever young, let us be!
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Oh, I’m with you… you are as young as you think. Thanks Colin!
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Happy birthday, ‘awfully innocent youngster’! I hope you had a wonderful day, Colin. I love the lines:.
‘Rain down on me, good Heavens, pourings of
Enlightenment’s
Eau de vie’.
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Thank you, Kim. It was a good weekend, though I would have wished the weather a little cooler and the subsequent week a little less hectic.
When I looked at the word eau de vie, I thought of the first miracle of Christ (turning water to wine) and the Last Supper’s communion (wine, again), and the Christian reference of this fountain of living water … Three jam-packed years of a rabbinical career for one fearless bachelor boy in his early thirties that revolutionised the entire world for millennia. Found it hard to resist a toast to such divine inspiration.
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A belated birthday… we all have at least a pebble of youth hidden somewhere inside…
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Let’s hope the pebble is growing! Thank you, Bjorn.
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Yayyy happy birthday Colin 😊 it’s always a pleasure reading you! 💜
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Thank you, Sanaa. And greater pleasure to read yours! 😉
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Belated happy birthday and cheers young man ~~
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Thank you, Grace. Knowing the loss and sorrow you’re enduring, this expression of kindness is especially cherished. *hugs*
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Here’s to being “awfully innocent youngsters” forever! Cheers!
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And here’s a cheer from the awful, innocent and young! 🙂
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Belated happy birthday! May your __rd year be both splendid and auspicious indeed. 🙂 Sorry, I’ve been late in reading posts. There is not much room for poeming or blog-related activities in the busyness of life hereabouts.
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Thank you, Imelda. Much needed and timely blessings. Same here, with everything going on at work and back in the monkeys’ cage, I surmise it’ll be a year of poetic drought. Do take care, my friend!
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Happy VERY belated birthday! I am quite far behind in my reading, I’m afraid. 🙂 Incidentally, my birthday was May 27th, just around the corner from yours. It was a good time to be born, wasn’t it?
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Thank you! I can’t believe I was away for a month, speaking of falling behind. Happy (very, very!) belated birthday to you! Yes, mid-summer birthdays are great — like little, celebrative oases in the void from major festivities. 😉
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