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wouldthatcreationhadformedmeman:

nobodybetterhavethisoneoriswear:

hopelessromanticinspace:

cryoverkiltmilk:

squeeful:

ineptshieldmaid:

marzipanandminutiae:

feels-for-the-fictional:

satanpositive:

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

They are indeed purple,
But one thing you’ve missed:
The concept of “purple”
Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names
For a color, you see.
Hence good old Homer
And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint,
A phrasing so old,
For verses of romance
Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red.
Violets once were called blue.
I’m hugely pedantic
But what else is new?

My friend you’re not wrong
About Homer’s wine-ey sea!
Colours are a matter
Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux
And meanings they drift
But the word purple
You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple,
My friends, is old
And refers to a pigment
once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs
From the wine-dark sea
You make a dye:
Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome,
to wear purpura
was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’,
for clothes so fancy,
Entered English
By the ninth century

.

Why then are voilets
Not purple in song?
The dye from this mollusc,
known for so long

Is almost magenta;
More red than blue.
The concept of purple
is old, and yet new.

The dye is red,
So this might be true:
Roses are purple
And violets are blue

.

While this song makes me merry,
Tyrian purple dyes many a hue
From magenta to berry
And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race
The answer is staring you right in the face:
Roses are red and violets are blue
Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

Originally posted by enjoythebits

Hirple - To limp or walk awkwardly

Cirple - An old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse

“Roses are red, violets are purple,

My boner for you has caused me to hirple.”

…

My, how romantic!

DYING. I AM DYING.

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sapphictaurus:

Kelly Clarkson: I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly, I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky, and I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway. Out of the darkness and into the sun, but I won’t forget all the ones that I love. I’ll take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway

Eight year old me:

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obnoxiously-phan:

annoyedvertigo:

mimi-shake-draws:

catchaglimpseofalleble:

clloudy:

flustered-custard:

silentshivers:

every single person who reblogs this

every

single

person.

ALL OF YOU.

no limit, no one skipped. EVERY PERSON WHO REBLOGS THIS.

DON’T ASK WHY, IT’LL MAKE SENSE LATER

WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN

Just wait…it’ll all make sense.

I REBLOG THIS BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS. I AM WAITING

I REBLOGGED AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER

I reblogged as a joke and i swear that it happened five minutes later omg

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marleydg:

illicitbehaviour:

you deserve to be loved without having to hide the parts of yourself that you think are unlovable.

🙌🏽

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dateaboysuggestions:

Date a boy who appreciates bookstores and how you could spend forever in them

iamhannalashay:

Appreciate your girl’s lingerie before taking it off.

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censored-reality:

gaysfinest:

a relationship isn’t always 50/50. some days a person will struggle. you suck it up and pick up that 80/20 cus they need you. that’s love.

100% Facts!

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alohamoraz:

she’s the prettiest girl in the world and she has no idea

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goldenpablo:

If yo girl wears makeup tell her that her makeup on point, that shit takes talent

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tenari-ioapo:

I just wanted you to know that I am down for you no matter what curveballs life throws our way. I want you to know that I am in love with you on your good and bad days. I want you to know that I would stand by you even if no one else will, I’ll be that one person who will NEVER give up on you.

Tenari Ioapo // Dear lover

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