don't just take the 
carefully sliced 
compliment
with a sloppy old ham sliced 
thank you. 
take it. 
eat it. 
savor it. 
for it is a 
choice morsel. 
let it sink down your 
throat 
and lodge its way 
into 
your heart. 
let it stay. 
please let it stay. 
and build an appetite for more. 

-kind hearted compliments are 
like dark chocolate sprinkled
with sea salt