Half Priced Hearts

Half Price Hearts

Half price candy in fancy boxes
Shaped like hearts
Sitting on store shelves
Wondering why they weren’t given
To someone’s sweetheart
Do they feel alone? 
Were they abandoned?
Like the many broken hearted lovers
That this day celebrates
Left alone wondering why
How did they end up on the unwanted shelf?
Alone and abandoned
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Lawless Avatar
February 14, 2022 at 6:11 AM
They were canceled by the culture of the heartless
Strackbein Avatar
February 14, 2022 at 10:15 AM
Thanks John. I don't know about cancel culture, I was thinking more about the people that put so much emphasis on Valentines Day to determine whether their partner loves them only to be let down because of forgetfulness, lack of funds to buy a gift, lack of time to buy said gift or because their partner doesn't view one day out of the year as a gauge to measure their feelings!
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