the yin & the yang

prayer-wishes in the night
    sound systems swoon

billions of valentines
    millions of broken chocolate hearts

women in bikinis or less
    selling cars
headshops hawking leather
    billboards manufacturing fear

perfume companies unveiling
    naked fantasies
teenagers on beachblankets
    in the rain

why so many economic mousetraps
    & holy-religious guillotines?

‘cause coming together of the egg
    with the sperm
is not trivial.