Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 14, 2020

He was his class vladedictorian.

Hey Vlad, Long time no see! How’s it hanging?

Will you a box set of Bach’s and my symphony.

Is this commanding me to be Vlad’s sweetie, or commanding me to be… Vlad?

…or else. Please…

…ok, just this once…

…but we’ve got to pretend we’re boyscouts…

…and we can only sit around a fire circle and use the two finger salute…

…(at least that was the way we did it when I was young)…

…#Vladtoo…

…this is what happens when you have to give cards to everyone in the class…

…Galentine’s Day comes on Bro-mance Friday this year…

…is it the easy part or the hard part of being a cartoonist keeping up with all the holidays year after year?…

…Happy V.D. , Teresa and crew of common community…

Well, I hope your VD, ISN’T STD.

Sometimes it’s a coma fault, instead of a comma fault.

Music: V. Borge, “Musical Punctuation”.

“Stream of Consciousness”, a new work by I.P. Freely.

In Frog Applause, Valentine eat you

Orange is the new red.

P.S. to Vlad – Mom says hi!

Ma’am, yes Ma’am!

I know that look – that’s Vlad smiling. At least he’s trying to be charming through the coercion.

Skipper already said it, but Happy Valentine’s Day, Ms. T.

“Valentines is – how you say – no day of punchings?”

Cupid’s arrows are dipped in poison frog toxin this year, just to be on the safe side.

Vlad! Dude!

Mi amor es muerte.

Oh, I would. Hot.

UnVenereal …!

Oh Vlad! How we’ve missed you!

(un)scented flowers, and to be frog flogged all together with hugs

Thanks, I’ll take or else.

Valentine told me how he feels

If all the world were under his heels

Or stumbling through the mall

It’s in his tiny face

It’s in his scrawny hands

Valentine knows it all

He’s got something to say

It’s Valentine’s day

.

David Bowie

So glad to see Vlad!

Or else!

So this is what Vladentine’s Day is like in Froglandia. —Full of dire threats that actually mask strong affection?

Or maybe I am misconstruing (and in public, at that!)….

…some days I like to sit by my stream of consciousness and go fishing…

…and a thought that swims up stream…

…now, that’s a catch…

…here’s one: taco Wednesday…

…here’s another…

…Valentine’s Fay…

…think about…

…dang, that one broke the hook and got away…

…one last cast…

…I’m gonna take the purple pill…