diff --git a/content/posts/poetry/birthday-2025.md b/content/posts/poetry/birthday-2025.md
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-I gave myself the gift of a large hike and no means of communication. :)
+To the tune of "Happy Birthday."
 
-To the tune of "Happy Birthday":
+{{% audio src="/audio/poetry/birthday-2025.aac" %}}
 
 > Happy Birthday to me, <br>
 > I hiked up Rice Peak! <br>
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ To the tune of "Happy Birthday":
 > and without using a phone!
 >
 > -- {{% author "bug" %}}
+
+On the day after my birthday I gave myself the gift of a large hike and no means of communication. :)
diff --git a/content/posts/poetry/friends.md b/content/posts/poetry/friends.md
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--- a/content/posts/poetry/friends.md
+++ b/content/posts/poetry/friends.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ categories:
   - musings
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+{{% audio src="/audio/poetry/friends.aac" %}}
+
 > Friend, friend, what is a friend? <br>
 > Surely much more than a means to an end!
 >
diff --git a/content/posts/poetry/gullible.md b/content/posts/poetry/gullible.md
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--- a/content/posts/poetry/gullible.md
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+{{% audio src="/audio/poetry/gullible.aac" %}}
+
 > They give you a whale, <br>
 > a big fairy tale. <br>
 > You don't take it to heart, <br>
diff --git a/content/posts/poetry/self-love.md b/content/posts/poetry/self-love.md
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-# {{% audio src="/audio/poetry/self-love.mp3" %}}
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+{{% audio src="/audio/poetry/self-love.aac" %}}
 
 > Life is an incredible thing to cherish <br>
 > all the way until we perish.
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