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I Stole My Neighbor's Jasmines

Today I stole my neighbor Jasmines growing over the fence I was too vulnerable to resist Since the foreclosure of my first garden. Any fence makes good neighbor Alright, But don't you see Trees and flowers will not stand it They keep hanging over Littering my primordial joy With fruits and blossoms As if to pay Whatsover flaming sentinel that prevents My eating from the tree of life again So I walking there Seduced by the naked scent of air Recovered amidst the gushing bloom Of jasmines hanging over the fence A memory of nights I shall not own again And crushed by my mortal sense Of spiritual penury Before the white innocense of a flower A reached up As if to pick something no longer there And in a moment of desire For good I, some evil, by choice accomplish For my neighbor shall seek the gushing bloom And find they are fewer there I stole my neighbor's jasmines today.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 11/18/2010 11:52:00 AM
Hello David :) Reading this makes me want to help myself to some of those jasmines as well ;) Enjoyed this wonderful poem of yours and thanks for sharing with us those lovely jasmines and thank you so much for your inspiring comments in my poems :)-- they themselves are gems-- I have to say, your comment in 'blinds' was poetry ---thank you :)--nikko :)
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Date: 11/13/2010 9:33:00 PM
Ah David, reading your poetry is like breathing clean air. It is always fluidly written, leaves the reader full, with nothing to stumble over. It is cleverly concise and always a thing of beauty. Expression exudes from you through your pen, you are genius here again.
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Date: 11/8/2010 8:31:00 AM
You and I are rivals for the affection of the same flower, may the better man win.
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Date: 11/7/2010 11:49:00 AM
I enjoyed reading your Free verse today, david. Keep the pen flowing.
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Date: 11/5/2010 10:17:00 AM
Enjoyed reading the many diverse poems here today. I am glad to have came across yours amongst these wonderful poems David. Wishing you a magnificent weekend. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/5/2010 9:37:00 AM
A wonderful write. You are right, anything over your side of the fence is yours, 99% of the law; besides, flowers are God's gift to us. You can always say the fragrence made you do it, aluring. I enjoyed and loved the write. Caryl
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Date: 11/5/2010 8:23:00 AM
I don't think I could resist taking them either, David. The scent, as you describe so well, is intoxicating. If caught, we could plead jasmine insanity. Beautifully written, my friend! Love, Carolyn
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