XOXOXO

valentine's!!!

yeah!!
y'gotta make 'em all fancy.
that's a thing.
i told you the recipe yesterday.
make MORE,
and make 'em exxxtra pretty.
i was up and at 'em early, using my consternation, frustration, and exasperation
to conjure up a superheart-attackin' sensation to still the raging stormswept
savage white-water rapids of my beating heart.
heart cookies to make heart magic?
i do that.
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flowers? ✔
...and not just any flowers- a 24 blaster, boi.
that's 2 dozen red rose hitters, neighbors.
that's pro-work.
one rose? t.w.p.p.d.
one dozen? bush-league amateur hour.
three dozen? that's a don't divorce me hail mary long shot, bro.
but two dozen is that 24 hitter.
it's the sweet spot.
chocolates? ✔
and not just the dark darkness, with and without fruits and whatnots-
but that special order heart-shaped box magic, kids.
speedy delivery and all that, with the assortment inside.
that's word.
candles? ✔
allll of 'em, all sultry and sexxxy and super-aromatic-
for that romantic ambience tha'll activate your olfactory reserves of good feels.
candy? ✔
not just chocolates, dudes.
y'gotta come through with the sweeties, for your sweetie.
that's how it's done.
somethin' nice? ✔
i added a few gluten-free sundries to the mix, to keep up with that attentive nurture-type jauns
that i'd like to perpetuate for the future an' that.
cards? ✔
F* yeah.
three cards.
that's a magic number, friends.
a fun and funny one.
a cute one, handmade like how you do when you're sweet and stuff.
...and a really real one, with the right words from your heart to theirs.
rules is rules,
and a one card valentine is bullsh!t.
too much is the right amount, and if you aren't going hard,
you should probably just be going away.
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there was lace and doilies and things for the kids, too.
and restaurant pizza, and movies, and stories and tuck-ins and all the things
that unfold unexpectedly from a pop-over.
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i'm sentimental.
it's a weakness and it's a strength.
i also LOVE holidays, and that gets me all worked up.
i was wearing red from head to toe, like how you're supposed to,
and i was out here with stuffed animals and x's and o's and all that lovey-dovey stuff.
it's all really happening-
the happenstance avalanche of spirit and memory,
and we're all a part of it.
valentine's day is expert.
and we kept it that way;
never quiet, never soft.....