An iris' measure Is given forever Nor ever may be ungiven--- So two hearts have striven 5 To darkly top their stalk With two hours' unwasted talk And bluely blossom hereafter Impermanent as laughter Where sunlight stains 10 Their faces champaign Above tall unsteady greens Tilting slenderly unseen Beneath the feather-petals That soft as eyelids settle 15 Against each other's breadths And kiss until their deaths.
From the collection "The Rose Lasso"
Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]
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