To make jasmine tea,
you leave the leaves out
among jasmine flowers
at their most fragrant.
Then you take them away
when the perfume wanes.
You do this several days.
It’s the cheaper teas
that put flowers in
with the leaves and let
the tea and jasmine
meet the first time
in the hot water.
Sit by me. The way
you fill this room
so I can feel you
from across it,
the way I go home
with you throughout me...
It’s like I can sit
among you. So sit
close, but don’t kiss me
just yet.
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Thank you for your recent comments. I think I've seen you around some of the haiku blogs.
I noticed you have a poetry blog. Is it a daily?
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