Can'T Life's Garden Be Happy

Can't life's garden be happy
    without thistles or thorns
  Does the rosebush need brambles
    to greet blue skies of morn

  These questions I asked my father
    and my mother ~
  They each clucked their tongues
    told me to play with my brother...
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Fowler Avatar
April 11, 2023 at 9:16 AM
LOL. And then you grew up and found serious reasons for thistles and thorns. Cute gw. laf :)
Wolf Avatar
April 11, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Grow up, me?! Hahahahaha! (Well, I've grown 'out,' I must admit. ~ Tummy Phat
Rodrigues Avatar
April 10, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Humorous…kid, don’t be so serious…you’ll grow up soon enough.
Wolf Avatar
April 11, 2023 at 4:19 PM
I want my Mommy, Kim. ~ Peter Pan Jr.
Lawless Avatar
April 10, 2023 at 12:32 PM
you'd have had a different problem if you were an only child
Wolf Avatar
April 10, 2023 at 7:52 PM
You devil you, John!! lol. ~ OK I'll go play with...
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