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  • Roses Are Red

    From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Thu May 28 09:47:51 2026

    Roses are red,
    Violets are blue,
    That's what they say,
    But it just isn't true.

    Roses are red,
    And apples are, too.
    But violets are violet,
    Violets aren't blue.

    An orange is orange,
    But Greenland's not green,
    A pinkie's not pink,
    So what does it mean?

    To call something blue
    When it's not, we defile it.
    But ah what the heck,
    It's hard to rhyme violet.

    ---Dot Warner


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  • From Michael Pendragon@3:633/10 to All on Thu May 28 17:28:48 2026

    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> posted:


    Roses are red,
    Violets are blue,
    That's what they say,
    But it just isn't true.

    Roses are red,
    And apples are, too.
    But violets are violet,
    Violets aren't blue.

    An orange is orange,
    But Greenland's not green,
    A pinkie's not pink,
    So what does it mean?

    To call something blue
    When it's not, we defile it.
    But ah what the heck,
    It's hard to rhyme violet.

    ---Dot Warner


    This little Donkey munched on waffles.
    This little Donkey munched alone.
    This little Donkey went off to LeGents,
    But this little Donkey got none.
    Then this little Donkey cried "Zahhhh-roooooooo! Zahhhh-roooooooo!"
    All the way home.

    -- Dot Warner (uncollected works)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Will Dockery@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 30 11:37:35 2026

    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> posted:

    Roses are red,
    Violets are blue,
    That's what they say,
    But it just isn't true.

    Roses are red,
    And apples are, too.
    But violets are violet,
    Violets aren't blue.

    An orange is orange,
    But Greenland's not green,
    A pinkie's not pink,
    So what does it mean?

    To call something blue
    When it's not, we defile it.
    But ah what the heck,
    It's hard to rhyme violet.

    ---Dot Warner

    Again, good one.

    ?

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    https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)