Delicate jasmine settles
evening
calls wearing his silk
turban a pale metal weight
above her
head
Taking measured steps
she among the phlox keenly
accepts how it is not
to diminish but
to leave
to take
Pay or play Belle Dame
before the blazing
tulip moat
fluttering at your castle walls
melts your name
like dog-day ice cream
dripping
through a cone
(c) 2017, by Hannah Six
Image above created from original photo, of Sissinghurst Castle gardens, by Elisa Rolle
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