Let's make this birthday one to remember.

85 years old (Born on August 30, 1939)

Happy Birthday, Bill Berkson! Another year of poetic brilliance—clearly your "Lush Life" is aging better than fine wine. Your collaborations with Joe Brainard and Frank O'Hara still have us chuckling over coffee tables everywhere; rumor has it even the muses are jealous.

From New York to literary legend status, you've given readers plenty of "Goods and Services," but today we hope you're on the receiving end: cake slices bigger than stanzas, laughter louder than poetry readings—and absolutely no critics allowed at this party!

Here's wishing you another timelessly witty chapter ahead—you've certainly earned every rhyme-filled moment.