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Val and
Vi were Valentines
They sat
side by side on a rack,
Just simple,
little red hearts,
That didn't
stand out from the pack.

They were
dusted off each morning
When the
storekeeper opened the store
Then, clean
and bright and beaming,
They kept
watch on the store's front
door.

Who might
come through that entry way,
And buy
these Valentines?
They felt
with great expectancy,
Their turn
would come in time.

Now, Val
and Vi were pretty plain,
Not gussied
up - no lace,
They probably
cost less money, too,
Than the
others in the place

Val looked
nice, and Vi was sweet,
And a proper
verse each bore,
Yet, day
by day they sadly watched,
As other
cards left the store.

"Pick us!"
Val got aggressive,
When potential
buyers came,
Fingers
touched and brushed them,
But on
the rack they still remained.

Time was
growing shorter now,
Valentines
Day, nearly here,
Val and
Vi - askew and awry,
Sat back,
in the rack, without cheer.

"What's
wrong with us?" sweet Vi asked
Val,
She truly
was distraught,
"Our verses
contain such loving words,
Why have
we not been bought."

"I know
what the problem is,
"Val gravely
replied to Vi,
"Our worth
is in our verse,
And it
is tucked inside."

"Too many
folks just go by looks,
They see
the outer frou frou,
They don't
take time to look inside,
To see
just who is who."

"Of course,
that is their loss, sweet
Vi,
We know
what is real,
Now, please
see inside of me,
So you'll
know how I feel."

"ROSES
ARE RED,VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
CANDY IS
SWEET, AND I LOVE YOU!"
HAPPY VALENTINES
DAY!
Virginia
(Ginny) Ellis Copyright
2002 ~ Revised 2004
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