The bard of Stratford
gave the line to Dogberry
master of malaprops
whose very name
gives him away
comparisons
he says
are odorous
thus stumbling on the proverb
yet the saying stands
even as he spoke it
and any odors
thus invoked
most likely smell
unpleasant at the least
but who of us
refrains from that too human vice
comparing mine
with yours
hoping that yours
will suffer in the process
while what's mine
will come out smelling
like a rose
so now we're back
to odors once again
it seems there's no escape
and so the bard wrote true
though like these lines
it comes to nothing more
than much ado