effeuiller la marguerite


summer’s innocent calls the rise in day,
its powdery petals sprinklin’ across
field and yard indiscriminately
in everlasting flowering bouquets.

.            tous les jours, mon amour, je t’aime, je t’aime
aimez-vous, aimez-moi, aimez-vous, aimez-moi

picked and threaded in delicately wound
chains woven in my own gossamer locks
holding youth to the long days of summer
and the wonders of simplicity found.

tous les jours, mon amour, je t’aime, je t’aime
aimez-vous, aimez-moi, aimez-vous, aimez-moi

loyal to love, one pluck for yea, one not,
patience is born of the rays of plenty
that orbit out from its sun centerpiece
quick to hold a number to tie a knot.

tous les jours, mon amour, je t’aime, je t’aime
aimez-vous, aimez-moi, aimez-vous, aimez-moi

long day and bounty permit long sessions
contemplating the delight of whether
love is found for the ardent admirer,
though what is posed is hardly the question.

             tous les jours, mon amour, je t’aime, je t’aime
aimez-vous, aimez-moi, aimez-vous, aimez-moi

love you, love me, love you, love me, love me
is the anthem of the daisy command
on the mossy mound of long ago time
when the thought never not occurred to thee.

            all of the days, my love, I love you, I love you
            love you, love me, love you, love me

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