For putting up with cheesy lines
of flowing streams and twisting vines
of murderous thoughts and mystic signs
of frisky dogs and fat felines
of checkered cloth and melon rinds
of whispering wind and prickly pines
of tragic loss and sad headlines
of haunting ghosts and stiffened spines
of alien worlds and strange designs
of fancy feasts and luscious wines
of striking fears and steep inclines
of dangerous paths and diamond mines
of foreign lands and heathen shrines
of ancient kings and concubines
of scientists and Frankensteins
of red sunsets and soft skylines
of magic woods and porcupines
of love poems and valentines:
A poem for you.