Cry If I Want To, A Pantoum

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I sit alone in Applebee's.

Waiting for my friends.

It's just another birthday,

Another party, another cake.

Waiting for my friends,

I try to busy my mind.

Another party, another cake,

Another hour gone by.

I try to busy my mind.

They're just late.

Another hour gone by,

And no one is there.

They're just late,

I tell myself,

But no one is there.

I lower my head as

I tell myself

It's just another birthday.

I lower my head as

I sit alone in Applebee's.

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