Linger, rose.
Do not waste your scent
Upon the careless breeze
or give your heart
to bees that hum
so pleasantly
while robbing you of gold. Come,
tender bud. I promise
you will not grow old
and fade upon the vine.
Your beauty will be
dipped in wax,
protected, lifeless Proserpine.
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