{"id":2010,"date":"2013-10-07T00:05:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T00:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2017-07-11T22:40:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:40:55","slug":"dont-alice-happy-birthday-kellycreighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/dont-alice-happy-birthday-kellycreighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don\u2019t You Wish Alice a Happy Birthday? by KellyCreighton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why Don\u2019t You Wish Alice a Happy Birthday?<\/h1>\n

by KellyCreighton<\/p>\n

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You didn’t have a Facebook page until you died:
\nyour timeline says you were born after your death –
\nlike some superhuman-saviour-reincarnation.
\nFacebook ask people to get in touch with you;
\nWrite on her wall. Recommend a friend for Alice,
\nit says. But people pause; they don’t know whether
\nyou get broadband in heaven or not. It would have
\nto be broadband or better\u2026right? They post the
\nodd message anyhow, about a really bright star on the
\ndrive to a concert – you would’ve danced like a maniac,
\nAlice. Do you remember the time we couldn’t stop
\ngiggling in class? Only the good die young. Like you;
\nwho only made teensy mistakes: you were human.
\nFacebook send your administrators requests to play
\nCandy Rush: your admins get pissed off \u2018cos you died
\nbefore Candy Rush became a thing. You probably would’ve
\nliked it. A lot. Alice, you wouldn’t like half of the people
\nwho write on your wall now. They\u2019re all on your friends list.
\nNow. You would block them if you knew the password.<\/p>\n

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Kelly\u2019s work is currently and forthcoming in literary journals The Stinging Fly, Long Story Short, Wordlegs and Ink Sweat & Tears.
\nShe is writing her second novel; was awarded second place in the Abroad Writers\u2019 Conference Competition judged by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, and long listed for The RTE Guide\/Penguin Ireland short story contest.
\nhttp:\/\/kellycreighton.webs.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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