A/N: This collection contains 20 uncorrelated freeverse poetry for several different challenges based on the Birthday manga
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Candles on a Birthday Cake
a collection of poems
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Character(s): Makoto Kurosawa ; Takashi Koyama
Challenge(s): The Scrabble Challenge, prompt: raid ; Mega Prompts Challenge, word prompts #065 – flippant
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midnight party
They sneak down when it's dark and all the nights are off
and there's only one nurse at the station, and her head's on the desk
and the computer screen slumbers, black and untouched
and their footsteps are gentle pads down the hall.
The ward fridge is hardly stocked that late at night
but so bright when they open the door.
Sandwiches left behind. Some cartons of milk
for tea and coffee, and custards and jellys for desert.
Hardly a party menu, but the thrill of it's still there
and it's their right as well, as residents of that ward.
They gorge themselves, out of sight and sound.
It's bad for the body, but good for the mind.