White Roses Flashcards
1
Q
white roses
A
bloom after rain// They hold water and sunlight like cups of fine china
2
Q
the boy who
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sleeps in my care in the big chair
3
Q
the cold bloom
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opens at terrible speed and the splinter of ice moves in his blood
4
Q
Remembering me
A
he smiles politely, gritting his teeth in silence on pain’s red blaze.
5
Q
A stick man
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in the ashes. his fires die back
6
Q
He can talk
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again, gather his cat to his bones
7
Q
the least
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spark of pain will burn him like straw.
8
Q
The sun carelessly
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shines after rain
9
Q
And without concern
A
the rose outlives the child.
