Open letter, truth or dare
A secret I can't stand to share
This letter will make you upset
but so did all the times when you'd forget
my presence or my birthday -
one happens every day,
and the other's once a year
so the least you could have done
is say "happy birthday," "you look great"
once a year, and once a day
You won't care now and it's too late
But you had to know since you won't stay.

She is somewhere in California
complaining of the heat
and reading letters from her past loves
and the girls she used to see.
And every once in awhile,
I wonder if one's from me--
if she ever sees that postcard
that I sent on March 19th
-aprilxcv