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"Pink Pearl" or
"How I Arrived at Full Circle" |
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The drums did roll! The pipes did skirl! |
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I discovered "Pink Pearl"! |
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I "arrived"! |
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For this affair I won't atone |
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I fell for 'reds' - "Earl of Athlone", |
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"Unknown Warrior", "Cavalcade", |
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"Mars" and "Leo" on parade! |
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I'd "arrived"! |
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The yellow rhodies 'got' me next |
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"Virginia Scott" - "Marcia' - "Crest"! |
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I'd "arrived"! |
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The species bug then caught me napping; |
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With their names my lips were flapping |
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Taliense, calophytum, |
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Macrophyllum, impeditum, |
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Fortunei, yakushimanum, |
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Makinoi, kiusianum! |
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I'd "arrived"! |
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S.O.P. is hybridizing, |
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Starting off with pollinizing; |
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Counting chromosomes and scales; |
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Watching seedlings grow like snails, |
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Waiting for that breathless hour |
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When "my masterpiece" would flower! |
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I'd "arrived"! |
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But now as I stare down the rows, |
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I turn away and hold my nose! |
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They may be growing as they should |
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But now "Pink Pearl" looks awfully good! |
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- Marjorie Baird |