Dog-Eared Rose
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I saw a dog-eared rose
Burnt by the sun and the rays that it broke
Lipped by the wind and the dust that it blowed
Covered in scratches across her sweet nose
One cheek was sagging, depressed by the heat
The other was beauty before she met beat
Like a good book that's been loved for too long
Some of her pages were tattered or gone
Gathered around were the trails of the dead
Withering warnings of how things could end
Some had been lost to the cold bitter truth
Others were plucked by the greediest fools
On her slim body a trap she had laid
A thorn for each day of the month she had stayed
One for the rabbit and one for the deer
One for the dogs who'd come dangerously near
Now this old rose with the ears of a dog
Can still hear the thrush as he sings his sweet song
Still stands as tall as the neighboring trees
Still has the prickles to fight off the bees
So don't you go picking old Rosie for me
Now this old rose with the ears of a dog
Can still hear the thrush as he sings his sweet song
Still stands as tall as the neighboring trees
Still has the prickles to fight off the bees
So don't you go picking old Rosie for me