Botanical Classification
wild saffron is carthamus, and it is a winged ant;
a calamity to the unwary, and a head rope
of fruity sweat.
the hound's tongue cynoglossum makes for
a giddy drunkard, or a ship reeling full
four sheets out.
ox-eye buys with ready cash, the boupthalmum
brotherhood of evil-eye and fine clothing, dew-laps
of oxen;
the combs of cocks;
the high places of sacrifice...o, I forget!
the meter, the cadence, the marching feet
of botanical madness and desire!
the amianthus is a ring without a stone,
weaver of ropes and weaver of dreams,
nightingale's song.
eglantine is the wild rose, dispersed through meadows far,
vanguard of Assyrians, troop of Darius, heresiarch religion
through Samarkand's paths!
wild saffron is carthamus, and it is a winged ant;
a calamity to the unwary, and a head rope
of fruity sweat.
the hound's tongue cynoglossum makes for
a giddy drunkard, or a ship reeling full
four sheets out.
ox-eye buys with ready cash, the boupthalmum
brotherhood of evil-eye and fine clothing, dew-laps
of oxen;
the combs of cocks;
the high places of sacrifice...o, I forget!
the meter, the cadence, the marching feet
of botanical madness and desire!
the amianthus is a ring without a stone,
weaver of ropes and weaver of dreams,
nightingale's song.
eglantine is the wild rose, dispersed through meadows far,
vanguard of Assyrians, troop of Darius, heresiarch religion
through Samarkand's paths!
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