A Happy Birthday by Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser

A Happy Birthday by Ted Kooser

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Here, to end the day:

A Happy Birthday

Ted Kooser

This evening, I sat by an open window

and read till the light was gone and the book

was no more than a part of the darkness.

I could easily have switched on a lamp,

but I wanted to ride this day down into night,

to sit alone and smooth the unreadable page

with the pale gray ghost of my hand.

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