Short Nasturtiums Poems

The crimson hue in the dusk.
A girl with nasturtiums.
And the streets are starting shaking
like dikes.
The sea is tiptoeing.

A picture of a Golden Age. 
And of my heart....

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The director of the new play 'Assertions'
Held auditions for the lead female role.
To avoid any assertions of casting aspersions 
He asked all hopefuls to dress as nasturtiums.
The role called for a lady so delicious and yummy
That the audience would want to gobble her up,
Like real nasturtiums with edible flowers and leaves....

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Lemon seltzer water on the night stand table
next to a vase of nasturtiums
Clouds painted blue on the bedroom ceiling
wood on the floor painted orange.
Ms. Fitzgerald's jazz in the air from her record
skipping from the scratches of use
Water for a bath bubbling steam and seclusion
waiting for it's tired recluse.
Candles caught up in the thoughts of the fireplace
shine up the mirrors with shadows
Home for a moment to catch my breath hollow
to bolster me up for tomorrow......

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