Valentines Can Do the Math

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Valentines can do the math: More than one is none. Intimacy is intimate, Else one must be alone. One can be a Valentine Only if one will Take one for oneself, and then Let the heart be still. Valentines are all in one: Parent, child, friend, Pet and plaything, counselor, Nurse, guide, journey's end. Valentines are never perfect, Though they patient prove. What one can expect of them Depends upon one's love.