A Shitty Valentines Day Poem by Michael Philips

A Shitty Valentines Day

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Just shut up already about herbal remedies, I told her.
This was on Valentines Day, hours before Sally fed
my dog some herbal medication
and he brewed butt coffee
and lost it all over my house after she left.
When I came home greeted by brown valentines
on my shoes, rug, and - omigod - headphones,
I had to walk around outside to calm down
before I picked up the phone.
I expected her to claim it was good
for the dog to clean out his system.
But she surprised me, apologized and
came over, did a pretty good clean-up,
I did have to throw out the shoes
and there was no way I was going to
use those headphones again.
So she did okay.
I broke up with her anyway.
Find an herbal remedy for that, bitch!
No, I didn’t say that,
but we did break up the following year
on Valentines Day.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Uriah Hamilton 31 October 2005

Michael, I'm with you, I can forgive a chick almost anything, but not ruining a perfectly good pair of headphones!

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Mary Nagy 31 October 2005

This is hilarious Michael! But, what I find weird is that you waited a whole year after that............you must be a very patient and understanding man. :) Sincerely, Mary

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Keiah Delu 05 December 2005

Now this was nasty and the description wow...lol

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Anna Russell 04 April 2006

After reading the title, the rest of this poem just grabs you by the throat (in a good way!) . A very witty slice of life, I enjoyed this a lot. Hugs Anna xxx

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Jasbir Chatterjee 18 March 2014

Nice read, very humorous...

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Yvonne Prete 18 March 2012

I've read five or so of his poems and don't want to lose him till I've had time to think it over. Sp I've tucked this poem in a folder I might look at again. I wish there were a way to bookmark within a bookmark.

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Fred Babbin 24 January 2008

My solution to that kind of problem is that I don't have a dog. The affair couldn't be much if that's why you broke up.

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M S 31 October 2006

LOL....good thing you broke up before she switched her herbaphilia from the dog to you...

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Mike Finley 24 April 2006

Butt coffee... it gives me shivers...

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