Birthday
Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic
At first, birthdays were
reserved for kings and saints.
But it’s rainbow sprinkles and
face painting for everybody
these days.The best way to avoid having
your birthday ruined is to avoid
having any expectations for
your birthday.Without the delineation of
years, time would become
an expanse of open water.
Horizonless, shark-filled. One
of my biggest fears.