Oliver

Music: Sonata K108.
By Domenico Scarlatti. Performed by
John Sankey.

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Oliver's roses are all deep velvet red.
Lighter colors--pink and peach and white--
Intimate a delicacy not quite
Vivid enough to mirror Oliver's heart.
Even my love for him cannot, apart,
Relieve his passionate need for tears unshed.

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