{"id":3068,"date":"2011-10-09T23:05:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T23:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2017-08-01T22:24:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T22:24:19","slug":"st-valentines-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2011\/10\/09\/st-valentines-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Valentine\u2019s Trap?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Today\u2019s the day when husbands fret<\/li>\n
  2. And wonder what their wives to get<\/li>\n
  3. To show their love with costly things<\/li>\n
  4. Hearts of red and golden strings.<\/li>\n
  5. Florists rake in quite the cash<\/li>\n
  6. Bakers make the chocolate dash<\/li>\n
  7. Stuffers stuff some record bears<\/li>\n
  8. Jewellers cut more diamonds rare.<\/li>\n
  9. Men run wild all over town<\/li>\n
  10. Here and there and up and down<\/li>\n
  11. They know they can\u2019t this day to shirk<\/li>\n
  12. They grab their gifts right after work.<\/li>\n
  13. What thought is there in all of this?<\/li>\n
  14. Do chocolates, bears replace the kiss?<\/li>\n
  15. Do diamonds, jewels replace the poem?<\/li>\n
  16. Do flowers, smells make the home?<\/li>\n
  17. Is love restrained to just one day?<\/li>\n
  18. Cannot the love be here to stay?<\/li>\n
  19. Is this what all the women want?<\/li>\n
  20. Do they need this yearly jaunt?<\/li>\n
  21. To love one\u2019s spouse is quite divine<\/li>\n
  22. And love today is surely fine.<\/li>\n
  23. But love\u2019s not in the gold nor day<\/li>\n
  24. It\u2019s found in all we do and say.<\/li>\n
  25. Let us all of men unite.<\/li>\n
  26. Resolve to treat our spouses right.<\/li>\n
  27. Let us love the whole year round,<\/li>\n
  28. And show just where are hearts are found.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today\u2019s the day when husbands fret And wonder what their wives to get To show their love with costly things Hearts of red and golden strings. Florists rake in quite the cash Bakers make the chocolate dash Stuffers stuff some record bears Jewellers cut more diamonds rare. Men run wild all over town Here and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-Nu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/02\/18\/how-capitalism-creates-oppression\/","url_meta":{"origin":3068,"position":0},"title":"How capitalism creates oppression","author":"Kim Siever","date":"18 February 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Capitalism is inherently oppressive. 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