Happy sixty fourth orbitz to designate your birth,
which as a little girl, you might remember
mother of ours delivered the most fun on Earth
slight hyperbole, but she reveled in the role
(she seemed perfectly cut out for),
especially with a slender girth
adding a dimension of heat to the hearth
when intimation of colder weather arrived
bundling us kids able, eager,
willing and ready for mirth
jimmying heads, shoulders,
knees and toes with clothes
clad from Woolworth
from general "five-and-dime" goods
to more specific products like toys,