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A Birthday Candle
Donald Justice
Thirty today, I saw
The trees flare briefly like
The candles on a cake,
As the sun went down the sky,
A momentary flash,
Yet there was time to wish
from The Summer Anniversaries, 1960
Originally published in The New Yorker
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT
Copyright 1960 by Donald Justice.
All rights reserved.
Reproduced with permission (click for permissions information).
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