Roses and Violets Color Twist

The joke plays on a common poem. Usually, violets are described as blue, so calling them purple is unexpected and subversive.

• Color
• Rose
• Roses are red
• Blue
• Poem
• Purple

• Roses are not always red, Violets are violet, not blue. Irises are never red, Petunias can be kinda blue. What does this tell us 'cept you can't trust a poet to tell the truth.
• Roses are red, violets are violet.
• Roses are red, violets are blue. Is that what you think? You have no clue, you fool!
• Roses are red, violets are blue, she's only red bc she sucked you.