To best savor a rose,
Boast not of virginal white,
And do not prance with lustful red,
But gently coax open the blushing bud
Betwixt the two instead; surrender the pink
I've always said. Seduction comes with coral
And the grateful flower blossoms again and again.
William Jackson
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