Hallmark Valentine

I keep flashing to

Candlelit quarters and

Cramped pockets of privacy

Where you exchanged love

And exchanged it for history.

And pieces of memories

You forget about in time

Will decay into silence

And a decently put rhyme.

I keep flashing to

Sidewalks lit by

Young love and infinite

Possibility,

With cracks in the cement

And holes in the hearts

That skipped over them.

I blink and I am

At your door, to say goodbye,

Though we both don’t know it,

And I’m holding some ******

Hallmark Valentine,

Cradling rejection in the palm

Of a well-turned hand that

Knocks – one, two, three – at your door.

And what will happen if

Instead of your smile I see

A million reasons why we Should Not,

And in lieu of flowers

I get extra gas money and a new future

With one more poem

And one less You?

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