Happy Birthday Melanie

Today is Melanie's birthday.  So in honor of her.  I thought I'd write a little poem, or maybe rather an ode.

A Sisterly Ode Written at Work While Avoiding the Copy Room.

Melanie Melanie Melanie

Sometimes we call you Smell.

Who invented the name? 

Don't give me credit.

The we, wasn't me, it was Shell.

You are my sister who I adore

I'm jealous of your husband

because he installed your

new floor.

You have very cute kids

Whom I like a lot.

They really are sweet

Adam's never a snot.

You helped do my laundry

when I was out of comish

you scrubbed all my toilets

and washed every dish.

You can quote any movie 

without a mistake

You even like scary ones

but they make my knees quake.

You love 80's tunes

Devo, Talking Heads, and U2

Blind, Big Chair, Whip it good

They sound like heaven to you.

Diet Coke is your drink

Don't even slip up with a Pepsi

Accidentally mention it once in a blog

And I might as well have lepsi (AKA leprosy)

My ode's about done 

It's rather absurd

I followed no rules

It's no "Flightless Bird"

But, Melanie Melanie 

Not much left to say

I hope you have fun on

your thirty blankth birthday.