Legitimate Love

Legitimate Love Executed for marrying the illegitimate like Christians and Soldiers St. Valentine died for someone else’s love to flourish a convict for his own mellow convictions His last farewell a letter signed ‘Your Valentine’ is all that remains from the cross I suppose he melted away on apart from bitter decadence flowers and chocolate What a sweet turnaround from persecution who knows whether one day at supper time there is enough to eat for everyone when at last swords might trickle cocoa butter and poppies bear no grave reminder of the trenches when crusades and grenades are persuaded to rest in quiet Peace Until then and while material consumption favours greed and warfare makes the coffers overflow in plenty for the few I shall carry the cross to the market have my nails done for the rendezvouz not impaled in my hands cherish the thorns not crowned on my head and admit that my overeating of sweet cupidity will deprive unfortunate others of some basic necessities which could of course be purchased With a love other than that expressed with chocolates and flowers on one day alone