February 14, 2007

• Today is Valentine's Day, the day on which we celebrate romantic love. Every February, florists in the United States import several million pounds of roses from South America. About 36 million boxes of chocolate will be given as gifts today (From the Writer's Almanac).

  
  Secret Agent Man by Joyce Sutphen.
  
  You looked so good at the top of the stairs
  that I wonder if you might consider
  
  standing at the bus stop near Franklin
  and 22nd at about 6:30 AM,
  
  wearing a dark overcoat and a red
  scarf, nodding (just slightly) when
  
  I pass, and I wouldn't mind looking
  Out my office window at about
  
  10 AM and seeing you (so small I
  couldn't be sure) waving from
  
  the far corner of the parking lot,
  and then, at lunch, you could be
  
  the mysterious man sitting in the bar,
  the one who never turns around until
  
  I am almost out the door with friends
  who would have no idea who you are,
  
  and it would be wonderful to see you
  disguised as a UPS man, coming in
  
  at 3 PM with a large package
  full of various useless things
  
  and a note, telling me exactly
  where I could find you later on tonight.
  

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