3 dark and tasteless parodies of Hallmark, Blue Mountain, and other sentimental greeting card publishers. [Disclaimer: I am well aware that these are among the vilest poems ever written…]
Happy Birthday! (For a Toddler)
Congratulations on surviving life!
Your parents must be feeling very proud
To know you’ve had no mishap with a knife
Or shocking jolt of lightning from a cloud.
Your early years suggest you’ve got the smarts
Enough to not attempt to leap from cribs,
Ingest inedible and toxic parts,
Or make a noose composed of baby bibs.
Nor have you turned the toilet to a pool,*
Divided wires by giving them a bite,
Disjointed your torso with a power tool,
Or eaten whole a deadly parasite.
Again, your parents must be filled with pride
To know their child has not of dumbness died.
Alternate line: Nor have you choked to death on your own drool. [Even I thought the line went too far…]
[Related to my “Suicidal Baby Theory”: https://paulwhitberg.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/profound-insights-from-dr-burgesss-treasury-of-wisdom-installment-1/ ]
Happy Father’s Day (For a Father of a Teenage Girl)
Your precious daughter’s not a little girl
(That is, she’s not a virgin anymore).
She’s nightly causing teenaged toes to curl
And teaching beds to dance across the floor.
You, Dad, deserve a round of hearty praise
For making sure your daughter didn’t die
Before she’d reached that adolescent phase
When people give the art of love a try.
How swiftly pass the fleeting days and times!
One moment she’s a child at Mother’s breasts,
Then, suddenly, she’s searching for some dimes
To buy a box of “Are You Pregnant?” Tests.
The girl you used to rock upon your knee
Is making boys as happy as can be.
With Deepest Regrets? [For Divorcees]
“I know it seems your life’s been badly marred.
[It’s rumored by a close and friendly source
That soon you’ll file the papers for divorce.]
If leaving now appears too sad and hard,
Just know you’ll later heal if now you’re scarred.
For Time’s the Planet’s greatest healing force
And cures the folks who let it take its course.”
[In case I’m wrong, I’ve sent a second card…]
“If leaving now appears a happy choice,
And joy’s the only cause of falling tears,
Then, let’s invite some friends, and we’ll rejoice
(With party songs and rivers made of beers)
While fin’lly giving free, exalted voice
To sore resentment built up over years.”
Miscellaneous Inanities 
Happy Birthday (For a Toddler) is exactly how I feel at the end of a day… I swear to God kids are crawling, drooling, suicide machines!
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LOL! I’m glad that someone agrees. Sometimes, it really seems like they try as hard as they can to hurt themselves. Thank you for reading and commenting:)
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Wonderful!
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Thank you! I have another one to add…but I’m a bit reluctant to post it. I know that these “Greeting Cards” run the risk of being more tasteless than fun;)
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I’m still wondering how my younger child still has not had a horrific accident yet so yeah the first card I’ll gladly take! From climbing on the furniture and jumping off, to pulling his hand out of mine and running across the street….I’ll heave a great sigh there….
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LOL…while it’s not funny that he might hurt himself, I am amused to see that others have had a similar experience with children. Although I have no children, I remember visiting a young nephew and thinking that he seemed bent on harming or killing himself.
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Delightfully dark, with hints of the bitter truth 🙂 I enjoyed each piece; found them highly entertaining and written with your usual flair for the satirical.
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I’m glad that you like them:) Posting these makes me nervous because I know they walk the thin line between dark humor and tasteless trash.
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You couldn’t write tasteless trash if you were held at gunpoint – well, okay maybe you could but that doesn’t count 🙂
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That’s kind of you to say. I’m glad that you don’t think some of my absurdity goes too far;)
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