The Rose

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          you begged the florist
          to give you the rose,
          for it was quite beauteous.
          but you trimmed all the thorns,
wanting only the petals—
you disliked my flaws,
   and only wanted what's pleasing.
                                     
— 𝐁. 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚

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