A Rose by any other name is said to still retain its scent: A sweet perfume that fills the room to all of our content. And though this little musing contains poetic form, When truth is told, I am not sold, for I know there to be thorns. And if known instead for these pricking fiends --and not its aromatic petals-- Then perhaps the rose would not be love's flowered vessel. And the fragrant sweetness we attribute to its structure Would cease to be a welcomed whiff and the Rose would lose its luster.