you gave me a white rose
put the lamp on the stove
it caught fire
the I Ching said
thunder above the lake
lightning in Baker Street
switched on the cooker
and blew a fuse
blue flash
you see
the whole experience
is electric
From: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49215/white-rose-56d22b159657b
Date: 2002
By: Tom Pickard (1946- )
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