Valentine’s Day Flowers From The Graveyard

• Sara KasimSomeone fell in love all over again on Valentine’s Day and that is a beautiful thing.

The problem is that we suspect the flowers that got your knees all weak were stolen from a fresh grave at Pionierspark cemetery the day before Valentine’s Day. Please have a look at those flowers you received again and let us know if they are the burial purple and yellow type or the beautiful white and red roses for romance.

What, in the name of love, really happened?

The day after Valentines Day brought the shocking revelation that all the flowers ended in rubbish bins and those yellow tipper buckets on street corners. This was to be expected to some extent since it is just a commercial day but the plot thickens with a closer look. It is whispered that many women realised that the flowers they hold resemble casket sprays and wreaths. It is also said that the sales of flowers from reputable flower shops were below expectations this year.

Can you imagine that a lady has praised the man and perhaps went further than Valentine’s dinner and all other perks just to discover that these might be from Oponganda Cemetery?

Let me have a word with the gentlemen. Let us not waste time on the legality and rather focus on the morality aspect in your deeds. The flowers are a symbol of mourning and a gift to the deceased so please explain how you decided that you can pass them on as a Valentine’s Day bouquet?

Oh, you thought you can take from the dead because it is for a good romantic cause? What if the spirit followed you to the restaurant and still lingers waiting for an opportunity to appear in the mirror and haunt you?

My brother, if you believe it is the thought that counts, please come out and let her know that the bunch you gave her came off a fresh burial ground in Dolam.

What if I told you that special inspector Fonseca has been recalled from the north, where she has been dealing with fake churches, to investigate the flower theft.

In her initial reports, she revealed that it is a clear-cut case of men who raided and desecrated graves, and stole the flowers to give them to their lovers and dates on Valentine’s Day. She further explained that the flowers from the graves come with the spirit of the dead and that it is why all those flowers were found in rubbish bins all around the country the day after Valentines Day.

The women got rid of the flowers that resembled casket sprays.

I told you so. I told you this will end in the rubbish bin but you would not listen because you too only want to experience romance even for a few hours. Even if the flowers are fake or were plucked from the grave of a two-year-old. It is the though the count.

After all, it is the day after Valentine’s Day that matters.

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