An incomplete novel

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All roses die, consume (d) in rose cottage  
All beginnings have an ending 
And the sun always sets after rise 


But I hope it is not the ending 
That I have come to know 
How could I have blacked out  


Just heard a word of the story being told  
And knew there was more to it 
Did I blink for too long, too long on lament 


And missed a chapter to the end to collect 
Something went missing, something w' missing  
Like the last book of Charles Dickens. 


What would the end have been 
What would his last words have said 
A' would t' villain known to be h' turned out  to be hero 


All roses die, all beginnings have an ending 
This time the author died  unannounced with regret  
Before last words could have been said to be content 


It leaves one with wonder 
And others with attempt to rewrite history  
What would the story have been. 


Some one took a chapter out 
And left this book incomplete 
And the same was said of Jane Austen 


It must be the seasons anger 
To have killed a rose before blossom 
To say all things die, all things die 


Even before chapters end  
What is the story being told 
Did I miss a chapter 


An incomplete novel 
Did I miss a chapter