So, according to an old friend of mine, birthdays can be celebrated until the end of the month and not fall into the awkward “belated” status.

"Wait, *how* old am I this year?" Lis asks the headless freak in the corner.
“Wait, *how* old am I this year?” Lis asks the headless freak in the corner. Her voice belies her incredulity, until she sees the age spots on her hands and remembers she’s the Pied Piper to a trio of youngsters these days.

Only a week past deadline, so there’s to be no clever haiku for Lis Sladen’s birthday this year. Anyway, I can’t hear myself think as the deadline whooshes past me, so just as well.

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