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someone requested an ascii rose....saw this one on alt.ascii-art
(unknwon artist)


The Rose

       .     .
   ...  :``..':              Some say love it is the river
    : ````.'   :''::'           that drowns the tender reed.
  ..:..  :     .'' :         Some say love it is a razor
``.    `:    .'     :           that leaves your soul to bleed.
   :    :   :        :       Some say love it is a hunger
    :   :   :         :         an endless aching need.
    :    :   :        :      I say love it is a flower
     :    :   :..''''``::.      and you, its only seed.
      : ...:..'     .''
      .'   .'  .::::'        It's the heart afraid of breaking
     :..'''``:::::::            that never learns to dance.
     '         `::::         It's the dream afraid of waking
                 `::.           that never takes the chance.
                  `::        It's the one who won't be taken
                   :::.         who cannot seem to give,
        ..:```.:'`. ::'`.    and the soul afraid of dying
      ..'      `:.: ::          that never learns to live.
     .:        .:``:::
     .:    ..''     :::      When the night has been too lonely
      : .''          ::         and the road has been too long,
       :             ::      and you think that love is only
                      :         for the lucky and the strong,
                       :     just remember in the winter
                                far beneath the bitter snows
     lies the seed
     that with the sun's love in the spring
     becomes the rose.....                       [ poet unknown ]

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             ~-.-^-.-~ \_      .~  .-~   .~
                      \ \'     \ '_ _ -~
                       `.`.    //    -Lian Wang-
              . - ~ ~-.__`.`-.//
          .-~   . - ~  }~ ~ ~-.~-.      
        .' .-~      .-~       :/~-.~-./:
       /_~_ _ . - ~                 ~-.~-._
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Chanda 	                          
CSE Lab Amin			

That's odd.  I have the exact same rose BACKWARDS
 
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