THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING  FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:

 

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My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my entire life.
 
I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
 
Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
That describes everything you are not.
 
Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
I only married you 'cause I was pissed.
 
I thought that I could love no other --
that is until I met your brother.
 
Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are
you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar
bowl's empty and  so  is your head.
 
I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But put that paper bag on your face.
 
I love your smile, your face, and your eyes --
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
 
My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
 
My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe 'Go to hell.'
 
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts tequila, one part lime.