Your Birthday

You are thinking about that song and its true meaning
All of this leads somewhere maybe
Like, why were you looking for Guy de Maupassant?
The beautiful librarian who holds the key to peace
You think about the way it is pronounced, Gee with a hard G
Which brings us around to "gee", the expression
Gee it was a beautiful reception at the bank today or
Gee we were so let down by the story of the famed librarian
Who gave up the use of the Dewey Decimal System
For some other guy who lives in the data processing world
Something lies beyond our lies, right? It's all a guessing game
A coat closet at the far reaches of a grand piazza
There is a smell of fur and a class war of perfumes
Yesterday, it was your birthday and people showered you with affection
But do you deserve such warmness, does it belong to you?
Looking into the darkened mirror, there is de Maupassant
Just another reason to float in the vast blue of a day dream
That is somebody else's imagining of a day dream
Yours is described without color, without words
No rainbows or wanting to go out for icecream and a hotdog
a can opener or a belly flop, just learning to swim