0 00THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:02br 00~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~02br 02br 00Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss02br 00But I only slept with you, because I was pissed.02br 00*************************02br 02br 00I thought that I could love no other02br 00Until, that is, I met your brother.02br 00**************************02br 02br 00Roses are red, violets are blue,02br 00sugar is sweet, and so are you.02br 00But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,02br 00the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.02br 00**************************02br 02br 00Of loving beauty you float with grace,02br 00If only you could hide your face.02br 00****************************02br 02br 00Kind, intelligent, loving and hot,02br 00This describes everything you are not.02br 00******************************02br 02br 00I want to feel your sweet embrace,02br 00But don't take that paper bag off of your face.02br 00*******************************02br 02br 00I love your smile, your face, and your eyes --02br 00Damn, I'm good at telling lies!02br 00************************************02br 02br 00My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife --02br 00Marrying you screwed up my life.02br 00************************************02br 02br 00I see your face when I am dreaming,02br 00That's why I always wake up screaming.02br 00*************************************02br 02br 00My love, you take my breath away --02br 00What have you stepped in to smell this way?02br 00*************************************02br 02br 00My feelings for you no words can tell,02br 00Except for maybe "Go To Hell."02br 00*************************************02br 02br 00What inspired this amorous rhyme? --02br 00Two parts vodka, one part lime!0-
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0Nice ones Benita. I didn't quote my favourite one because I adored all of them. 02br 02br 00[8]010id5
— YoHf
0Nice ones Benita.
I didn't quote my favourite one because I adored all of them.
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