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Roses and Carnations Turned Bleak

We began as roses and pink carnations Silk and pearls surrounded us Settling together on a cloud of joy But then things turned ugly, and our thorns grew out Peonies pink the spine of our book no longer

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 6/18/2021 9:50:00 AM
Okay, so I don't get this one. NMI.
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 6/19/2021 7:57:00 PM
It's a lovely write...I think I just needed more information (NMI).
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/19/2021 11:57:00 AM
That's okay; so many others think they did, and I am not sure I get it myself.

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