Heart

– There don't seem to be many cards?
– No, none this time, I'm afraid.
– Well, I guess that's how things sometimes go. Nothing to worry about.
– No, of course not.
– I mean, it is a pretty meaningless sort of celebration, when you come to think about it. Never sure whether there is any historical basis to it at all, or whether it's really just an excuse for rampant commercialisation.
– Of course.
– You see shops stuffed full of flowers and chocolates, heart-shaped merchandise of every sort, all in ghastly glowing shades of red. You start to wonder whether, even if you were in a relationship, you would do your best to steer away from all this shallow, exploitative, marketing frenzy, and try and have a more sincere, more meaningful celebration instead.
– That would be nice...
– Because, if you think about it, the heart is hardly the seat of your emotions, anyway. Perhaps we should celebrate St Valentine's Day with images of – brains.
– Brains?
– As the actual source of all your emotions.
– Brains look a bit – icky.
– Well, I suppose hearts do too, in their natural state. Perhaps we need stylised images of brains, like we have for hearts.
– ... What would a stylised brain look like?
– I don't exactly know. A bit walnut-like, perhaps. And on the pink side.
– You wonder why it's never caught on.