Weekend Wrap-up Feb. 15
Now that we got Valentine’s Day out of the way, it’s time to get down to serious stuff…watching $125 worth of flowers wilt and die.
Ha ha…no, seriously, fellas, you can go back to being a jerk for another 12 months…
But I kid. Wait? Do I? Is that one day good for relationships? It’s good for the economy, as $27 billion is spent in the US by frantic significant others trying to make amends for…well, everything.
Did you do the math? That works out to an average of $188/sucker—I mean romantic partner. Another way of looking at it is one guy (we’ll call him Jim) took his gal to 7/11 for a taquito and a Slurpee, while another guy (oddly, his name is also Jim) blew—I mean forked out—$200 for something a little less salty, greasy, and sweet.
But if you wanted to give the move expensive gift this year, you could have given—I’m going to say it even if it has been overused as of late—two dozen eggs.
If you are above a certain age, you may remember this little yearly ritual:
Valentines came once a year
We decorated paper bags
Taped to the front of the desk
The beggar’s open maw awaits
Sheets of perforated cards
With messages to our grade 3 crush
And to our friends of course
Wanderers up and down the aisles
Depositing in some and ignoring others
Left some elated, others deflated
Kids can be mean
Even on a day like that
-Leon
In case you missed my blog:Weekend Wrap-up Feb. 15Free Book Friday Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day EditionLooking for Indie Authors?Weird Wednesday: The Great (and not so great) Debates ReduxTuesday Tidbits: What Day is it?
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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