Do you remember
Honey-melon moon
Dripping thick sweet light
Where Canal Street saunters off by herself among quiet trees?
And the faint decayed patchouli–
Fragrance of New Orleans
Like a dead tube rose
Upheld in the warm air …
Miraculously whole.

 

Lola Ridge

 

2 Responses to Potpourri

  1. She Who Must Be Obeyed says:

    This has made me go all misty-eyed and nostalgic.

  2. William says:

    Nostalgia’s not what it used to be ;-)

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