The door to the porch
left ajar by the cat
invites intoxication
to flood the kitchen
stumbling
head spinning
indecent, immodest
thick of tongue
from too much
spring.
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A North African nosegay
wafts through a California garden
beguiling as a flowing hijab;
night blooming jasmine
Meyer lemon and Persian lilac
sweet and kaffir lime
spent daffodil, shivering plum
and
thousands of eye-watering
orange blossoms
popping from branches
still hung with winter fruit
now humming
vibrating
teeming
with bees.
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#california #garden #bee #spring
(at At Home in Napa)