[Charles Albert]

Cupid’s darts draw real blood--
a less welcome part of his fame:

recall Bobbit's wife, with a cut of the knife,
made an unhappy play on his name;

Cleo put her asp on the line
when Tony, her man, spilled his guts;

Donner's girl grew thinner when he had her for dinner;
and whose heart was more jarred than King Tut's?

Van Gogh's love letters showed he'd a kind ear,
even Salomé's got her ahead...

So when, with this band, I ask for your hand,
please don't give me the finger instead.

[Susan McLean]

Moved to Metrical to be worked on.

[Donna English]

Susan, oo la la! Glad you didn't add yeast HAAA!

Valentine Day

Remember those candy hearts that you stole
from the kids, and gave to me that time
you forgot Valentine Day? All those years
I’ve kept them all; True Love, Let’s Kiss, Forever,
Be Mine, Hot Babe. When you’d left for your latest trip
this morning, I took them from my keepsake box
and read them over and over and over
before I ate them—one by one.
They were stale and flavorless.

[Billy Dean]

Thanks for joining in everyone. That was fun but also a learning experience. No "roses are red" here...

--Bill