THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A TWO- LINE RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE , BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE : [FONT color=black][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: black"]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] Marrying you screwed up my life.[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]I see your face when I am dreaming.[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] That's why I always wake up screaming.[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] This describes everything you are not. [/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]I thought that I could love no other[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] -- that is until I met your brother.[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you. [/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"]But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]I want to feel your sweet embrace;[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] But don't take that paper bag off your face.[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]I love your smile, your face, and your eyes[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] -- Damn, I'm good at telling lies! [/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]My love, you take my breath away.[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] What have you stepped in to smell this way?[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]My feelings for you no words can tell,[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] Except for maybe "Go to hell."[/FONT]
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[FONT face="Times New Roman"]What inspired this amorous rhyme?[/FONT]
[FONT face="Times New Roman"] Two parts vodka, one part lime[/FONT][/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT] [DIV class=MsoNormal][FONT face=Arial size=2][SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"][/SPAN][/FONT] [/DIV]