when I refrained from counting those lawns
starlight cleared away the emperor’s lunch
apart from that we saw slight wilderness
generally tea leaves interfere
the preferred nature trails evanescent
come noontime children crawled into her lap
looking up from caesar salad divine
circumstances drove her mother to song
this amused her friends believing it proves
pantheons call their chanting distraction
still the garden breeze crisp on her skin
delight alone remains of those bleak fields
indigenous saints beckoned metallic
always regard bursts forth from their harvest
gears grind away all virtuous remnants
after dessert I followed her outside
her melody sleek as though hummingbirds
whisper was the moment I first knew her
undisguised she shone past those violet clouds
her hush surrounding me with petals
