REASONS I HATE MY BIRTHDAY
1. It is the day I do not eat cake: Mother says it adds to my hips.
2. It is the day people tell me I am now a woman. I swear that happened years ago.
3. It is the day Mother makes me kiss Uncle.
4. It is the day I lost my virginity six years young.
5. It is the day they sing to me and scream at me —
a. because good girls shouldn’t cry on their birthday.