I know language has taken a bit of a beating in our IM days but I appreciate the poetry of a sentence. Even if you are a woma-woma-woma, you're a womanizer, I would kind of rather sing a-long to "Like a lonesome weeping willow lost in the wood, the way I hug my pillow no woman should, I got it bad and that ain't good." (I got it bad and that ain't good.) The imagery is better, isn't it?
While we are getting creative about gift-giving, cost savings and adventure taking, perhaps it is time to resurrect the art of conversation. For this birthday and valentine's day, why not make poetry your cause?
Maybe we also have to widen our thoughts to be good receivers of language. I admit, I might get really excited if you told me that you were giving me a new wardrobe for my birthday, but in the long haul, if you could put how you feel about me into words, that would really light my fire.
And, if you are not that good at making up a poem, search the lyrics of pop music until you find the right sentiment, then have it framed for your loved one.
You just might have to look back a few years to find a sentiment that fits.
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*note* you may find something on jazzstandards.com * It makes for interesting reading even if you don't.
