“With the right wind,” he said, “you can catch the scent
of the flowers from up to seven miles away.”
The jasmine sprawled white on the eastern wall
of the last small house he owned before her eighth birthday,
before he began to move away from the sea.
of the flowers from up to seven miles away.”
The jasmine sprawled white on the eastern wall
of the last small house he owned before her eighth birthday,
before he began to move away from the sea.
One of the most elegant stanzas of poetry I think I've read. What are you planning to do with Carmen?
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