By Gala
Date: 11 July 2000

Larger Than Life

Oh I have always loved unabashed love songs
drippy, in-your-face-absolute treacle
that Cole Porter or Hammerstein
did so well.
And when Billie Holiday
sang those blues
your heart beat harder
cuz Honey, we've been there
and love ain't always
pretty or fair or kind.
I can't give my heart
like a pizza---
everyone take a slice
and hope to be whole
when  it's gone---
but a heart is not a pizza
and what you give
comes back many times
not always as you expect---
but it does.
So I'll sit here
and chew a bit of thin crust
extra cheese with a sprinkle of garlic
and listen to love songs
loving you
for feeding my soul again.
It had to be you...no one but you....
Can't help loving that man of mine
He may not always say...
My funny valentine.........


oh---and by the way---
you make me smile with my heart,
like another slice?

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