{"id":1498,"date":"2013-02-14T12:29:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2017-03-09T17:06:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:06:34","slug":"the-aftermath-of-cupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2013\/02\/the-aftermath-of-cupid.html","title":{"rendered":"The Aftermath of Cupid, In Haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

She loved at first sight.<\/p>\n

He, appalled by her reading<\/p>\n

of Henry V,<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Resolved to correct.<\/p>\n

Somehow ended up married.<\/p>\n

She still reads it wrong.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Eight years later<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Sienna, home sick<\/p>\n

Valentines on the counter<\/p>\n

she sits forlornly.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Dozens of cookies<\/p>\n

intended for first-graders<\/p>\n

Lenten temptation.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

A new dress from Dad<\/p>\n

for the father-daughter dance<\/p>\n

hangs in her closet.<\/p>\n

Dance is tomorrow.<\/p>\n

She checks her temperature<\/p>\n

every five minutes.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Contingency plans<\/p>\n

meager. Elementary<\/p>\n

heartbreak is<\/em> a thing.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

\u201cFool-proof solution:<\/p>\n

chocolate and a movie\u201d.<\/p>\n

Not for her. Helpless.<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

A baby, wailing.<\/p>\n

A daughter, devastated.<\/p>\n

Two toddlers fighting.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Extraordinary<\/p>\n

only because these days it<\/p>\n

is ordinary.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

On the other hand<\/p>\n

Roses from an Ogre are<\/em><\/p>\n

extraordinary.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

And Lent or no Lent,<\/p>\n

these cookies are delicious.<\/p>\n

Thank God for mercy.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Happy Valentine\u2019s Day!<\/em><\/p>\n

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