Oh My Darling, Valentine

(to the tune of "Clementine")

In a toystore
on a Sunday
with a dollar forty nine
I need something
just a dumb thing
for my brand new
Valentine.

Oh my darling.
Oh my darling.
Oh my darling
Valentine.
I'm uneasy,
kind of queasy,
but you're still my
Valentine.

Yes, it happened
in the classroom
when you said
"Will you be mine?"
I was muddled
and befuddled,
so I answered,
"Yeah, that's fine."

Then you called me
in the lunchroom.
You had saved a
place in line.
And I knew that
it was true that
I was now your
Valentine.

I went shopping
for a present
and I saw this
blinking sign:
"Here's a pleasant
little present
for a brand new
Valentine."

So I bought it
and I brought it
in my backpack
right at nine.
Do you like it?
It's a spy kit
with a flashlight
you can shine.

I could tell you
didn't like it
when you said I
was a swine.
How exciting!
I'm delighting.
I have no more
Valentine.

Till another
person stopped me
and they asked
"Will you be mine?"
This is crushing.
Oh, I'm blushing.
I've another
Valentine.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2007 Kenn Nesbitt
All Rights Reserved

This poem appears in the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies.

Comments

	On Aug 12, 2008 Anna Menezes from India wrote: Its nice . But I think its too long.suppose you had to learn it by heart its gonna be tough.
	On Jul 31, 2008 elise hodge from Australia wrote: That was so vanlentine Ithink I will get one
	On Jul 23, 2008 chuchu from CA wrote: I like it its so valentine this is the best valentine story I ever read.
	On Jul 21, 2008 mahnoor from uae wrote: hi i think its perfect 4 some 1 u love
	On Jul 9, 2008 1800f from 1800f wrote: L2bS0K gdfgdfg dfgfdgfd gfdgfgfd

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