valentine's

[mercuryonfire]

Not starting a new topic for this, but

Valentine's Day

The grocery store holds court
for desperate men waiting
to show love and deliver death
with decaying roses and processed pigs.

Yes. Showing love by delivering death.

I never understood why people pay good money for flowers that will die the next day. And then the recipient has to find a vase, cut the stems on a diagonal, put the plant food in the water, arrange the flowers, place it somewhere the kids/cat won't eat it/break it....

How about giving a card with the flowers that says: "I gave you more pointless work to do so I could show how much I love you, in a very generic and unimaginative way. Can we have sex now?"

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teachers give kids their hearts
the color of Red Dye 40

have fun at school tomorrow
with buckshot in your foot

This was such a dark cynical view of people casually walking into the store to pick up flowers...It gave me a horribly pessimistic reminder that the gift of dead plants is an accurate representation of mourning and regret. I was shocked, it got dark quickly and I loved it.