Lester
By Shel SilversteinLester was given a magic wish
By the goblin who lives in the banyan tree,
And with his wish he wished for two more wishes-
So now instead of just one wish, he cleverly had three.
And with each one of these
He simply wished for three more wishes,
Which gave him three old wishes, plus nine new.
And with each of these twelve
He slyly wished for three more wishes,
Which added up to forty-six -- or is it fifty-two?
Well anyway, he used each wish
To wish for wishes 'til he had
Five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
And then he spread them on the ground
And clapped his hands and danced around
And skipped and sang, and then sat down
And wished for more.
And more...and more...they multiplied
While other people smiled and cried
And loved and reached and touched and felt.
Lester sat amid his wealth
Stacked mountain-high like stacks of gold,
Sat and counted -- and grew old.
And then one Thursday night they found him
Dead -- with his wishes piled around him.
And they counted the lot and found that not
A single one was missing.
All shiny and new -- here, take a few
And think of Lester as you do.
In a world of apples and kisses and shoes
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
It comes as a surprise to literally no one that the Kardashian’s went all out to celebrate Kim Kardashian West’s 40th birthday in the middle of a pandemic. But honestly, no one expected anything less. The other day on October 23rd, Kim Kardashian West posted a bunch of photos from the “epic surprise party,” featuring skintight looks, “bottle service girls,” and a makeshift TAO nightclub red carpet. Tristan Thompson, Jonathan Cheban, Stephanie Shepherd, and Kanye West also attended the party, which was shown in part on an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The entire party, as Kim explained in her caption, re-created her best birthday moments from over the years, including her sweet 16 and other childhood celebrations that were documented by her late father, Robert Kardashian.
“All I can say is WOW! My mom and my sisters threw me the most epic surprise party that was so special in my heart,” she wrote on IG. “You know I’m a sentimental person and this party was the most special. They re-created all of my special birthdays throughout my life from looking at all of our old home videos. They re-created the party, The same balloons, the same cake, everything! My dad videotaped and documented our whole lives so they showed each of the videos of my birthdays on a big screen behind the party.”
She continued, “I entered into the room that started off at my first birthday party with the same ponies and the same cake, and my dad wishing me a happy 1st birthday. Then as I entered in the room I ended up at my second birthday then my fourth birthday leading up to my 10th birthday where my sisters did the same exact dance that they did for me when I turned 10. We then got to my 16th birthday party and my exact same car was there waiting for me with the same exact balloons with the same cake. After a while, the curtains opened and the bottle service girls came out which happened to be my sisters and they re-created TAO night club, where I spent all of my 30s having my birthday parties.”
She added, “Each and every detail that went into this was so special and I am forever grateful to my family for taking the time to put this together to celebrate me turning 40. I can’t wait to share so many more birthday photos and videos with you guys soon and I thank each and [every one] of you who reached out with birthday wishes. Also shout [out] to @mindyweiss for putting this all together. You were there putting together all my birthday parties when I was a little girl so this definitely came full circle.”