Carnations

Date of entry: 7/27/23

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You like big girls

I know you do

We've got more to love

More heart to give

You've only got

One life to live

Imagine chasing roses

Being pricked by all their thorns

While carnations are waiting

Looking ragged and torn

These carnations aren't ugly

They've just been trampled on

By people chasing roses

From dusk til dawn

These carnations have many petals,

Very vivid, very bright

But yet they aren't noticed

They're not even in sight

Yeah I guess they're "pretty"

Or maybe even "cute"

But compared to the sex appeal of a rose

Carnations seem mute

Most chase after a rose

Because it's what the movies say we want

And the TVs and magazines

Roses are all they flaunt

Rose is the symbol of sex

A dozen means you're in love

But imagine being bold enough,

A carnation could fit like a glove

Be bold, chase different

Chase after another flower

Chasing after a rose is basic

And gives it too much power

Meanwhile a carnation

Is waiting for you to choose

But if you wait too long, winter will come

And the carnation, you will lose