A sweet sponge cake
With snow-white icing
And a single candle
As big as a basketball
The table's covered in silk
Confetti all over the walls
And the floor, too
It's time to celebrate
The candle lights up
They're hesitant
Too good to eat, they think
Noisemakers distract them
But there's no noisemakers to be found
One of them grabs the knife and sighs
It has to happen
The other make a wish
And the room goes dark
The knife makes a deep cut
Unexpectedly, jam comes out
They're scared
Invisible noisemakers continue to play
The cake remains still, unaffected by time
The one with the knife did not know what to do but throw it
And it hits another, but not the cake
Jam falls, drop by drop
The silky tablecloth gets ripped
It was never strong enough
Noise grows deafening
The birthday child cries
This went in an unexpected direction.
