Rose
what’s in a name?
By Harper LewisPublished about 23 hours ago • Updated about 21 hours ago • 1 min read
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Oh, Romeo, don’t you know?
By any other name,
the thorn feels the scorn,
carries the blame.
When the lamb is born
of blood and shame,
the ewe is shorn:
a naked neck receives the blow.
Who cares if you rip me?
I was already torn.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction might have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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Comments (2)
Great reactive poem
this seems entirely fitting a rhyming poem for you - laden with violent aggression! so great!