Ode to Roses

a poem by Pravin

Oh Rose! Oh Rose! Cadaver!
Thou hast toxic plumes.
Your fragrance, an executioners chop.
Your bloom, a sensuous witchery.
Indeed I do perceive, your beauty lies
Not in thine sprouting incense.

Nay! Your beauty rests inglorious
O’er the colour of the palms
Your thorns pricked!