STIRRED....NOT SHAKEN! <br /> <br />Candles conspire <br />cards elect to keep the score <br />tell me I'm not young <br /> <br />no more the roaring boyo <br />more calm...cool...and collected. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />birthday cake takes my <br />breath away as I blow out <br />yet another year <br /> <br />but the candles relight & <br />cough...splutter...I'm not dead yet!<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stirred-not-shaken/
