A wilted red flower droops from a small dark vase beside a sealed cream envelope on crimson ground.

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Lisa

Yes, I'd like to order some flowers for my husband. Yeah, how much is the big "Please Forgive Me" bouquet? ... Okay, how 'bout the small "Please Get Over It" bouquet?

— Life's Work • 1996

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The proposed message changes when the order moves from a large bouquet to a small one. Asking forgiveness becomes asking the recipient to stop dwelling on the problem. The comic shift makes the flowers carry a different demand, without revealing how the speaker actually feels.

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