Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REASONS (FOR NAOMI), by LOUIS GINSBERG


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REASONS (FOR NAOMI), by                    
First Line: Come love me. Do not reason
Last Line: Treason!
Subject(s): Desire; Love


Come love me. Do not reason:
That would be treason.
Suppose, when oaks gulp green,
They pause at what they mean
And all their branches shirk
Their leafy work?
If pools should wonder why
They drink the sky?
Or lilacs ponder what they meant
Changing earth to scent?
If daffodils should ask
The reason for their task
Of sieving from the mould
Priceless gold;
Or question changing grief
To many a leaf?
If violets argue why
They repeat the sky? --
Suppose -- but then you're missing
Lips that are made for kissing.
Love me. Do not reason --
Treason!





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