David Smalling Poet Free verse

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.

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Kabuteng P.Ink K. November 18, 2010 at 11:52 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 :)

Thvia Shetley November 13, 2010 at 9:33 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.

L'Nass Shango November 8, 2010 at 8:31 AM You and I are rivals for the affection of the same flower, may the better man win.

Kim Hilliker November 7, 2010 at 11:49 AM I enjoyed reading your Free verse today, david. Keep the pen flowing.

Carol Sunshine Brown November 5, 2010 at 10:17 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

Caryl Muzzey November 5, 2010 at 9:37 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

Carolyn Devonshire November 5, 2010 at 8:23 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