Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for h…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!, CNIB, 197
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Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!, CNIB, 197

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