Dipsacus fullonum
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With a purple tutu
Covering those sharp spines
Simultaneously
Attracting, repelling
Roadside weed, food for bees
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Glistens with summer dew
Used to comb wool so fine
Grows spontaneously
Endlessly compelling
Now here from overseas
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Armored dangerously
Growing and excelling
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