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Rebecca MacKinnon is coaxing us to share a little poetry this Valentine’s Day.  Okay, here’s very little…

For those who daily blog, is it not art?
And are the two not joined, not of a piece?

And when I post a linkage to my heart
Must I pretend I meant it for my niece?

Dissemblance taints intention, spoils truth
And beauty draws me off my charted course
I discard my natural voice, promote a ruse:
Seduce, ensnare, entrap without remorse.

This secret sonnet’s meant to make you wet.
A private webcast channeled from my soul
And though I post it on the Internet
Only you will read it (and one guy working late at the Center for Disease Control).

Just once a year I’ll throw aside taboo
Expose my inner geek:  “Roses are #FF0000."

[Thanks to La Vache Qui Lit for the artismic and poetic effects.  Without Leslie, none of this would be possible.  I’d also like to thank mom, and the academy…]