1. Your Valentine Gift


    Date: 10/2/2017, Categories: Love Poems, Author: BethanyFrasier, Rating: , Source: LushStories

    The day has come and mercifully went Candy gifted, and flowers sent Wishes conveyed for romantic meetings Courtesy of Hallmark and American Greetings A day devoted to romantic dreams Re-invented for corporate revenue streams So click on Ameri-flora or FTD To deliver your intended's floral glee Those Godiva chocolates can do no harm Except for child-labor on a foreign cocoa farm So buy a box of assorted confections Free from any moral reflections When she opens that diamond necklace You mustn't feel so ethically feckless For the children who slave in the diamond mine Are a world away from thee and thine So fete the day without a care And share your amour, if you dare But open your wallet, certainly To boost the retail economy Or, send some affection to Bangladesh And give those kids a Valentine wish The lovely garment you gave your gal Came from a sweatshop there or from Senegal Take some care next Valentine's Day To share your feelings in a more generous way When giving your lover that special gift Make some effort to give a lift To those, the many, who suffer and toil And work for pennies on foreign soil To enrich the few, in corporate guise Who've exported your jobs with clever lies The presents you give on this special day Might just be tainted in some sinister way And though they're gifted with true affection You might give pause upon reflection To consider the items that you endow So you're always mindful exactly how The thoughtful tokens of your esteem Might not be as romantic as they seem
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