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First Line: Baskets of ripe fruit in air
Last Line: Quick as these.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening


BASKETS of ripe fruit in air
The bird-songs seem, suspended where

Between the hairy leaves trills dew,
All tasting of fresh green anew.

Ma'am, I've heard your laughter flare
Through your waspish-gilded hair:

Feathered masks,
Pots of peas,
Janus asks
Naught of these,
Creaking water
Brightly striped,
Now I've caught her --
Shrieking biped.
Flute sounds jump
And turn together,
Changing clumps
Of glassy feather.
In among the
Pots of peas
Naiad changes --
Quick as these.





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