By Riggs
Date: 15 February 2001
Valentine's Day
Screw Valentine's day,
screw tacky cards and flowers,
at sixty dollars a dozen.
Ah the price of love huh?
Forgive me if I don't smile sappily.
Fuck a day that brands singles as losers
no matter how hard they try to refute or deny,
no matter how hard they might try to convince themselves
that being alone on February 14
is perfectly OK.
The all too pervasive combination,
of heart shaped balloons in silvers and reds
and enduringly trite messages
on cheap confectionery
and cards with teddy bears holding hands,
all combine to leave you in absolutely no doubt...
that you are, a loser,
of the very worst variety.
Do I sound bitter?
Sorry.
For a second there I was almost taking life seriously.
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