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# tearing off petals
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/tearing-off-petals/
- Published: 2024-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: there it floats, the water lily while she's thinking, will he, will he will this stubborn man propose... but the lily, not a rose
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

there it floats, the water lily  
while she's thinking, will he, will he  
will this stubborn man propose...  
but the lily, not a rose

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