A POEM FOR SUNNY

A blast from the past. I just came across this poem from my co-workers for my 22nd birthday. Hope you enjoy! It is so funny because it's so true!

Thank you for the party folks my birthday was such fun I know my friends will all come back when I have another one

The cake you baked was special I never thought that a no-egg, no-milk, no-butter, chocolate-free, fat-free, sugar-free, date and pumpkin cake would taste just like one just bought

Pink icing made from beetroot-colored-Tofu on the top and beeswax smoke-less candles that you made at a workshop

I'm glad you made the fairy bread from organic, yeast-free rye and sprinkled it with poppy seeds, sesame and sunflower...to fortify

The chickpea dip, falafel balls, the celery sticks with hummus and what about the babaganouse
that was real adventurous

Yes, I do appreciate all the hot food you prepared from non-genetic-engineered soy it shows you really care

Like the not-dogs and not-sausage rolls with the not-tomato-sauce and I loved the home-grown veggie pizza with soy cheese of course

I'm forgetting the most fun part was the games we got to play they took you ages to prepare but they really made the day

Like bob for locally-grown organic apples bought from a neighbor down the street and pin the tail back on the dog (that had it cut off in a laboratory experiement) that was really neat

Sight-impared person's bluff and the free range egg and spoon race musical chairs played by Tony O'Connor and my favorite... Tug of peace

Pass the parcel wrapped with unbleached recylced paper, grown on the west side of a hill by a tree released from it's vertical home to serve humanity by a group of landcare volunteers who formed a circle around the tree, mediated and chanted for four days before placing it gently back onto the earth from which it had first sprung as a sapling and from where its mother and father had gone on before to serve as recylced toilet paper and toothpicks respectively.

And instead of taking their prizes my friends and I agreed that we'd donate to a charity for children who are in need

And I'm really glad you said 'no presents' I really have so much just you and my husband and parents is birthday presents enough

My friends went home exhausted from all the fun they'd had with their little calico bags full of geletin-free sweets that made them glad

So thank you for the party folks my birthday planning crew I know I'll always remember it,
The day that I turned twenty-two!!