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Pick Me Up a Flower MAG

June 10, 2011
By krtraeger BRONZE, Miami, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
Per aspera ad astra - through difficulties to the stars

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Pick me up a flower,
not a rose or an orchid,
don't buy it,
I only want one.
Pick me up a flower,
off the side of the road,
from a meadow,
I don't care,
I only want one.
Fine, don't pick me up a flower,
buy one for someone else,
buy her a dozen long stem roses,
wrap them in crinkly plastic,
give her all the flowers you can buy,
all the flowers in the world,
I only wanted one,
just one.

© Violet B., Phoenix, AZ

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Seelix PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 9 2013 at 2:57 pm
Seelix PLATINUM, Chandler, Arizona
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I like that you gave a differnt perspective to unrequited love poems .