A Valentine’s Day Sonnet

Roses are red

Violets are violet

Money is green

I wish that I had some

Blacktops are black

Oranges are orange

There’s nothing about love

That rhymes with violet or orange

Except smorangiolet

But still I like those colors

So I thought of you

And remember orange and violet are almost opposites

And you know what they say about opposites

If you mix them together

They make brown

Okay, I don’t like brown

So let’s just say that love is pink

But that rhymes with stink

So on second thought

Love isn’t a color at all--it’s a word

A very colorful word