Oh oh oh my. Not only did you just write what is possibly the best piece of Ten/Rose I have ever read, not only was it long and lovely and undoubtedly something I will return to again and again and again, you did it with the inspiration of Dorothy Parker.

Seriously, I know I say this or something similar every time, but you really are teh win. To go all Latin-geeky again, anything you write:

tam gratum est mihi quam ferunt puellae
pernici aureolum fuisse malum,
quod zonam soluit diu ligatam.