devastatingly human

and so an effulgent ending to an ebullient valentine's evening. my heart's thanks kisses and heartfelt love to my dearest who makes the loveliest painstaking presents. respect, admiration and the warmest of friendship i could ever know. uncanny resemblance yet so drastically unalike, the faintest twitch; THAT look; the fervant wicked giggles, cosy silence amidst talkativity; and minds and hearts tuned to the unnatural supernatural and absurdly trivial.

there was a kind of hush
all over the world
tonight
all over the world
you could hear the sounds of
lovers in love
oh you know what i mean

girlfriends branding flowers across their chests, boyfriends strutting their gloire. love was oh so in the air tonight but make that a sweet and steady love that glows twice as luminously for us. stoic assurance, emotions raw; indeed we let each other see through glittering shades and sparkling new. ours isn't a pop fizz that dizzles in the dust after her spectacular resounding POP but a tranquil stream of liquid love poring its magnificence bottle over bottle.

so YAY.
Happy am i who has found her soulmate to trudge past life's drudgeries and fineries.

so here's to
Girlfriends forever
Boyfriends whatever

Amen to that.

VALENTINE
(Carol Ann Duffy)

Not a red rose or a satin heart.

I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.

Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

I am trying to be truthful.

Not a cute card or a kissogram.

I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,
possessive and faithful
as we are,
for as long as we are.

Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring.
if you like.

Lethal.
Its scent will cling to your fingers,
cling to your knife.
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and i want to paste Chet Baker's My Funny Valentine but i think that's enough mush-hash for now.

Happy Valentine's day my darlings

P.S hong hong ur supposed to blog about the Borders alliteration ;P

Joyce Lim unzipped at 11:48 PM with 4 comments
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happy valentines day gorgeous

# posted by

Anonymous : 2/15/2005 1:29 AM

this is in response to your previous entry. even though its late but i felt that i had to write this down.

dont you find ureself behaving so high and mighty. shouldn't u show more ocmpassion at those kids with injuries. i'm very sure you must have cried before last time when you got hurt so why all this hullabaloo? i dont see y u should kick up a big fuss and slam them.

stop being so self righteous and pretnetious. you call them deplorable and weakminded as if youre that tough.

just to give some advice: it seems that everyday you find fault in others but never in ureself

# posted by

Anonymous : 2/15/2005 5:42 PM

hi anonymous #2, i just want to say, kids should be tougher. and they can be.

don't make a personal attack if you really have a case to argue.
if you wish to comment, perhaps you could share your own thoughts, if you have any relevant insights.

"as if you're that tough..."
who are you to say ANYTHING about that? you stopped reading somewhere. allow me to urge you to re-read the entry in its totality.

# posted by

hong : 2/15/2005 8:10 PM

haha hong.. trust you to be the first to rebutt in situations like these

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Joyce Lim : 2/17/2005 6:11 PM