i'm a little bit sorry

when i used

to buy flowers,

apology flowers,

i'd pick a bunch

that said i'm sorry,

but not

so sorry that i'd splurge

on a dozen

red roses from the town

florist.

i'd go broke if i went

in that direction.

instead

i'd go for the mixed

bouquet

from the grocery

store. daisies and what not,

the kind of flowers

you see in an uncut field,

with the petals about

to fall off.

but it was the thought

that counted,

i thought.