Love Poem: Hyperbolic Romance
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Written by: Romeo Naces

Hyperbolic Romance

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We've been there, so we understand 
      when love-slain pairs
pledge endless, fearless love to which 
      nothing compares.
And all that brave, romantic 
      exaggeration
that smacks of the lovers' paranoid 
      delusion.

Theirs is not a nice lie, only 
      a misstatement.
They just can't help but gush with 
      much overstatement.
But they're sincere in their starry-eyed 
      intention,
while swept away by cloyingly sweet 
      emotion.

So when we hear them promise 
      to love each other
beyond eternity, till hell freezes 
      over,
let's allow them some leeway for such 
      hyperbole.
Their words, like ours, are touching, 
      but really silly!

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