> THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A RHYME WITH
> THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE BUT... THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:
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> I thought that I could love no other.
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> Until, that is, I met your brother.
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> Roses are red, violets are blue,
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> sugar is sweet and so are you.
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> But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,
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> the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.
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> Of loving beauty you float with grace.
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> If only you could hide your face.
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> Kind, intelligent, loving and hot.
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> This describes everything you are not.
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> I want to feel your sweet embrace.
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> But don't take that paper bag off of your face.
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> I love your smile, your face, and your eyes.
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> Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
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> My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
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> Marrying you screwed up my life.
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> I see your face when I am dreaming.
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> That's why I always wake up screaming.
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> My love, you take my breath away.
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> What have you stepped in to smell this way?
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> My feelings for you no words can tell.
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> Except for maybe "go to hell".
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> What inspired this amorous rhyme?
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> Two parts vodka, one part lime.
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Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss.
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> But I only slept with you, because I was pissed.