Date:         Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:40:30 -0800
Subject:      SUB: Valentines Contest: "The Rose ": Poetry

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http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/val97/val.html for details.

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Day!
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The Rose @}}--

We faut many times
We disagreed on many things
Many times I found myself asking
Do you live him? Does he love you?
Do you need him? Does he need you?

Now four months later I get the box
In it a single long-stem red rose
A note accompanies it
As I read it my hand trembles
My eyes tear

I miss you honey
You were the best thing in my life
How could I be so wrong?
So ignorant of you're love
Please come back to me

We love each other
We need each other
We missed each other
We still fight on occasion
But now we know each other's love



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"Yesterday they said today was tomorrow, but today
they know better."
                  --Poul Anderson, _The Visitor_

Michelle
winebird@inreach.com