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The abstraction of the garden
Skips to the kitchen sill
Siren-summoned,
Recapitulating yellows
Grove greens, then threads of sand
As interstitial flags
In the stones to the sea.
Magnolia and cobalt petalled
Fans of forget-me-nots
Alternate blades of steel and glass.
Cape jasmine, made light,
Reflects veins of fire
On the beams and crossed wood.
Ocean violet tempera
Washes like troubled sleep
From the shore to the rippled walls.
Rosemary, for remembrance,
Unsifted by her weeks and years,
Turns the room of the world
Into this one; the first moment,
The last one.
