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Said the Wolfe to Little Red.
By Dreaming in Stanzas
Pick some for your mother
and pray they don’t prick her finger
or her heart...
because blood roses are a sure sign of the Devil,
and thorns can kill the best of ‘em.
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Copyright 2012 Dreaming in Stanzas
Published on Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
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"Poetry"
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Repost from a billion years ago (give or take a few hundred million yrs.)Comments on "Said the Wolfe to Little Red."
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On Sunday, August 26, 2012, dwells
(4285)
wrote:
Thinking Faded mighta nailed it, thanks for the teaser and this was cryptically precocious, cheers!
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On Monday, August 27, 2012, Dreaming in Stanzas
(303) wrote:
Interesting concept and I wish I could pretend I had wrote of this but really this is a poem I wrote when I was 13 years old and wanted a way to capture the darkness that I've always felt when I look at roses. For some they are a symbol of love but they've always seemed ominous to me.
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On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Devilish
(2658) wrote:
Thorns have always intrigued me. There is never a time they don't bestow some suffering . if nothing else they draw blood.. Hey there you .. Much love beautiful
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On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, FadedBlues
(2169) wrote:
...if your Wolfe is Tom Wolfe, then Red might be Charlotte Simmons, a bright student who suffered decline in the face of anti-intellectualism & sexual promiscuity (among other things) at her university. just a thought...
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