The Perfect
Valentine’s Day Gift
On
Desperation Day I awoke in start from a nightmare dream and tossing sleep
Today was
the day the seeds of procrastination I would finally reap
Had over the
course of weeks made my list for my Valentine and now time to fill
Checked by
cards and cash and had saved enough credit to pay the bills
The first
shock was that the confectioner’s wares looked like a Stalinist GUM store
Shelves with
mere scraps of non chocolates from ceiling to floor
Not a
problem as my Valentine prefers not the calories to be added to her waist
Retreat over
to the flower shop with all speed and due haste
The aroma off
flowers was overpowering my sense of smell
Through the
door a tiny thought began to dwell
“Roses have
beauty and long thorny stems for petals of beauty to rest
But on the
aroma side they fail the awe-the-olfactory test."
Another GUM like
store with not a rose anywhere to be seen
Just a few
bouquets of weeds and dandelion greens
The costume
stuff in the jewelers was completely gone
Only the big
rocks would suppress her not impressed yawn
Never spend
a fortune before you know where to land after a leap
My new Valentine
might not want to be one you would want to keep
The romantic
tables were long since gone unless you wanted dinner late at 12
The Gondola
in the canals, the Duffy Champagne rental back to the idea shelves
Victoria
Secret would work in your Valentine tipped the scales at 220, wearing size 18
The Teddy
Bear from UPS at this late date only in your Concorde dreams
The last
gasp, the singing telegrams had all lost their voice
So head
bowed you were left with but one choice
So after a
resolution stronger than any New Year’s by a factor of ten
To treat each
day with your Valentine as a Valentine’s Day and never go through this agony
again
The last red
ribbon in the city was found to wrap around your gift
A poet was
cajoled to pen a teasing iambic sniff
“Valentine,
roses may be red, but all life in the petals too quickly shed
Violets may
be blue and when it comes to gifts I have no clue
But after
opening this handwritten card please knock soon upon my door
A gift
awaits that will melt your heart, and cause your spirits to soar
Better yet
it’s a gift we can both enjoy and share, so please come quick.”
And she did,
to find a red ribboned Maltese puppy wagging tail and a stream of puppy licks.
Happy Valentine’s
Day to one and to all; procrastinators can avoid the shame
You have
dodged the bullet especially when you let her the Maltese puppy name.
© February
14, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet 
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