Inside a dank can<\/p>\n
I found in the ground<\/p>\n
just digging a garden, you see.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I spied with delight<\/p>\n
the shimmery white<\/p>\n
a mother of pearl set<\/p>\n
there were three!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Inside the first thing<\/p>\n
a dainty Irish ring<\/p>\n
inside, it read<\/p>\n
my love, let us wed<\/p>\n
and let our hearts sing!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Number two, it was blue<\/p>\n
an old hiking shoe<\/p>\n
inside it, a note<\/p>\n
and I read what she wrote<\/p>\n
\u201cit\u2019s time to be through, my shrew.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The last one, I cried<\/p>\n
it left nothing to hide<\/p>\n
a rose, all gilded with pewter<\/p>\n
alongside was a note<\/p>\n
and on it, by rote<\/p>\n
Alas, I was too late to win her.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
– Sandra Johnson, 6\/26\/21<\/p>\n
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