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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Relationship · #2309327

A thorn with a rose at its end... still stings.

Thorns

Rose-Anne loves me,
this I know.
She pricks my fingers,
shrieks in throes,

laughing gloating
cackling Rose,
tears now trickling
down my nose.

But Rose, Oh Rose,
I love you so.
You help me pen bad
poems, prose.

© Copyright 2023 Kåre Enga [180] (31.november.2023)

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"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
__ Alphonse Karr
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