Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JEALOUSY, by PAUL GERALDY


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First Line: I'm jealous of you
Last Line: I'd be content.
Subject(s): Hearts; Jealousy; Love


I'm jealous of you.
You're down in the country,
And I haven't one tree
To brighten my view.

Your folks are there too;
That's not very funny,
But it's spring there, and sunny:
I'm jealous of you.

Down under that sky
(I think of you only;
I'm love-drunk, and lonely)
Don't forget, dear, that I

Still exist. In my head
Your pretty face lingers
And all of my fingers
Just itch to be spread

To embrace you. I know
It's pleasant in Paris,
But thoughts of you harass
And torture me so.

Down there I see you,
In your straw hat, with flowers
That form into bowers
The sunlight peeps through.

I know you'll forget;
You're so fair, and so winsome.
And the weather! I'm in some
Bad temper, my pet!

They took you away
When I needed you most, dear.
And now you may boast, dear,
For this very day

I love you, my dear,
As never my heart meant.
This cool, fresh apartment
Is so stupid here. ...

That now I wish you
(I know that it's hateful!)
Your own darling pate full
Of suffering too!

For I love you so!
I'd like you to miss me
So much, that to kiss me
You'd let the spring go.

If a headache held you pent,
I'd be content.





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