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CHRYSANTHEMUM

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I asked the florist for chrysanthemum, just for the sake of asking. I knew she wouldn't have them. I needed a little more time to make up my mind on the flowers to get Tobi.  "We don't have those ma'am", she answered. "Of course", I whispered. "Do you have daisies or roses?" I asked. "Yes ma'am." "I'll go with those then." She went in to get them. Not before trying to convince me to try some other flower. "Smell these, they are lovely and its fragrance lasts longer than roses" she said.   I think she took the hint that I wasn't interested when she moved on. "What flower would you like to be if you were one?" Tobi asked me once. "A rose or daisy." I answered. I needed him to understand that I was bringing myself to him in flowers to apologize. That was why I went for roses and daisies.   "Here you go ma'am. Kindly patroni