{"id":1656,"date":"2019-06-08T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2019-06-08T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T20:00:21","slug":"ode-to-a-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1656","title":{"rendered":"Ode to a Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ode to a rose<\/span><\/h3>\n

A rose is a rose and so it\u2019s been said<\/span><\/p>\n

But is that true of a rose that is dead?<\/span><\/p>\n

It once was a flower that shone, had a scent<\/span><\/p>\n

But now is a nothing, a compost event.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s shrivelled and crumbly without any smell<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s dark, without color, you hardly can tell<\/span><\/p>\n

What it was in its past life – a limb or a flower.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without its distinctness, a clump of black powder.<\/span><\/p>\n

So remember of roses until they are not.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are pleasant and pretty and smell quite a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

But there\u2019ll come a time when they wither, I assert.<\/span><\/p>\n

That it is not a rose, but instead, just plain dirt.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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