Where I live now we
say Happy Valentine’s Day
to strangers in shops
and on the street. Yes,
the couple in the next booth
lean in and whisper.
We accept bewitch-
ment as our common lot. There’s
no universal truth,
says the professor,
but we who live here know that.
We confess our need
for strangers, knowing
that again confession lacks
objectivity.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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