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| carmine |
| and he thinks |
| he would know her now: |
| rose-petal sweet, |
| the passion of crimson, |
| she daunts in devouring the sun, |
| proud climb |
| from the ground to the light, |
| tenacity's bloom; |
| his fingers |
| caressing her thorns |
| the pain as she cuts |
| the welcome price |
| for what he has touched. |
| © Jon Bohrn (1999) |
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| The Flowers: The Rose, Alphonse Mucha 1898 |
