Happy birthday Mitch
We did it for you
We beat the glamorous Giants and dogged Dodgers, which
Is a pretty big fucking deal and we did it for you
On your birthday because you
Are undoubtedly the greatest writer and
Ex-gemologist among our many fans
Around the country and even far distant lands —
And the genius who assembled this crew
Of Cubs as strong as Ajax and swifter than the wind
Was a bris kind
Just like you, Mitch Sisskind
— Samuel Meshuga (10 /22/ 16)
Samuel Meshuga is the pseudonym of a writer and editor based in New York.