silly little love poem: the stupidity of sentimentality (JCH -- 12/98)
i don't need to dedicate no silly little pop song
on top 40 radio
or to write a gushy sentimental love poem
to tell you the way i feel
it is written in my heart and shines through
my eyes when i see you smile;
love should not be reduced to elementary rhyme schemes
using simple words...
love is holding hands walking barefoot on endless, empty beaches
love is a comfortable silence
love is clinging to each other tightly on cold and rainy nights
love is blindness
love is...
and thats all it should be

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