valiant-teeny-times [i]
by valiant times
valiantly i send the
roses and the card-of-rhymes
anything but teeny/tiny
valiant-teeny-times
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1. let’s be honest (sic). it’s not about the expenses of valentines
(although it is, but it’s not).
2. as a man, you’d better out-do the
expense-efforts of her friends’ men (but even then: brother,
you’re just getting started).
3. you’d also better out-do anything
that you’ve ever done on prior valentines days (which means you’d better
have a memory – and a good credit card).
4. …but the real thing that
matters (let’s face it: #s 2 & 3 just got you in the door) is to affectively touch her
emotions by showing that you’ve listened, that you cared, and
that you took the time and energy to figure out and plan, based upon the clues
into the emotions that she’s not even sure she’s had yet!
5. congratulations.
you just survived another valentines.
6. the sad news is… is that (uh, ummmm…)
she’s still not
satisfied. after all, all you did
was show her that she’s the most important thing on the planet, and (like ‘bik’
in the movie ‘wicked’) you proved that you’ll do anything for
her. sorry (again), but even that
is a mistake… because she sees her perfect man as one who doesn’t care about
the valentines frill as much as he cares about his own vision, mission,
purpose and goals.
7. you might have just driven her closer
to brawny biff, who was out swilling beer and consorting hookers
on v-day.
being
valiant (and honoring a day that you don’t really believe in) is both teeny and
time bound. welcome to
valiant-teeny-times.
gentlemen. be honest.
how do you both feel on february 15th?
by the way…
question: what did she do for you on men’s bj day?
answer: if there ever even was such
a day, it would be laughed-at, shamed out of existence, and called-out as
self-serving (before being forgotten, in lieu of the v).
as the movie “war
games” ended soooooooo peacefully, with these words:
“the only way to win the game, is
not to play.”*
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[i] martino, j. (2.14-1.2025). valiant-teeny-times. book
122: s[no]w angel. © 2024 by j. martino.
*truth is…
even when you don't play, you can’t win. you can only
survive.
(all of that being said, you can pretend to honor the val, while internally laughing at the lemmingousity of it)
:)
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