Friday, February 14, 2025

February 14: Grade School Valentines

More fun than the grade school valentines themselves

Were the homemade boxes, bejewelled, beribboned,

Glitter-glued, gloriously guileless creations, celebrating

Not so much love as a particular idea of what love

Might be, as seen through the eyes of those who know

More about longing and wishes than anyone else on earth,

Those who know that each of us is just such a container.

February 9: Too Much Nose Blowing

Too much nose blowing in this lovely hotel room where I wish I'd slept.